Only two people were tagged in the DOJ Inspector General’s report (pdf) released yesterday for having violated federal law and department policy by screening applicants for career positions based on "political or ideological" factors.
One, Michael Elston, the former chief of staff for the deputy attorney general, we’ve already heard plenty about and has been in the mix since almost the moment the story of the politicization of DOJ broke. But the other, Esther Slater McDonald, is new to the DOJ name-game.
So who is she?
The second story is this young woman’s own environment. She went to Pensacola Christian College in Florida, an unaccredited fundamentalist religiously oriented school. The memo above is from a website put up by a graduate of the school. While the anonymous author of this web site makes it clear that he remains a committed Christian, he exposes the "rules" of this school. It’s tempting to laugh, but it’s a tragic story. You can reach this site by clicking the Memo above. Essentially, there’s a dramatic dress code that outlaws anything that smells like counterculture – basically dress is like what one finds in a 1950’s high school annual. But there’s more. Any sign of sexuality or the appearance of sexuality is verboten. The most striking thing though is the level of mistrust. Everyone in the school is on the lookout for any sign of romance – to head it off at the pass.
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