If you can give me a statute citation and a specific statement of something he has done which violates that statute, I will be on your side instantly.
You'll find the merit principles at 5 U.S.C Section 2301(b).
In the specific situation I mentioned, the fallout from the religious activity manifested itself primarily as a gender feud. The environment was clearly hostile--people were not playing nicely together.
The "cult," a Fundamentalist Christian group, had a barefoot/pregnant/kitchen point of view. Numerous people that I interviewed expressed the attitude that women should not be occupying positions in that organization at the expense of male candidates (and other equally enlightened perspectives). Oddly <g>, all the management positions in the organization were filled by men, allegedly group members, despite the obvious qualifications of a number of women. Male engineers purposely mislead female spokespersons regarding technical information to be passed along to the public because they resented their role. The engineers told me so. And then there was the morale-induced loss of quality and productivity, the grievance time and expense, my time, etc., etc. that was being paid for by the taxpayers to sort out the mess rather than on the functions for which they were budgeted. Yeah, great management.
I don't have enough information to know if there's anything illegal going on at Justice. Unlike you, I don't think technical legality is the point. I know enough, like Steven, to recognize both a management red flag and rudeness.
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