Overall decent reporting on the culture of corruption that has plagued this Justice Department. I would have liked to see a little more independent investigation from the newspaper, and I think one more anecdote from someone who was rejected from a job or internship on political grounds would have solidified it.

I would have liked more specific data describing Justice's intolerant hiring practices. But this is just the beginning; perhaps there are more details to come as the story unfolds. What this story really demonstrates is one of the primary reasons ultra convervatism has so utterly failed. Rather than finding the best, most talented people, Bushies resorted to narrow-minded bigotry. Hiring only those who were true believers in the favored, purified neocon doctrine.

This is an update of the ongoing investigation of the illegal partisan hiring practices of the Bush administration in order to stack the Dept. of Justice. What was shocking was the last statement that what was done was normal and everyone does this - business as usual and there was nothing criminal done. This attitude and acceptance of this attitude is a large part of the problem. The story could have benefited if it had links to the lawsuit, also the CREW lawsuit which was not mentioned, the numbers of individuals that are estimated to have been screened out due to politics, and a discussion on the impacts we are seeing do to a partisan judicial system.

Another example of this administration position.

Carrie Johnson quotes quite a few interested parties in this artcile; hence, the article allows different viewpoints a voice. Sources range from Sean Gerlich, an applicant who was turned down, to House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, with a few others involved in the hiring process and investigation of such. This story is significant, as it is a fundemental opportunity that should be granted to those whose work and accomplishments are merit based, and not based on political bias or past affiliations.