This is not exactly the picture you want public when you are invoking your Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination. The picture shows General Services Administration official Jeff Neely enjoying a spa tub and wine as part of the $822,000 Las Vegas conference that is now the subject of a congressional investigation, as previously discussed. Neely, the GSA’s Public Buildings Service regional commissioner, invoked his Fifth Amendment rights in a hearing. His seat remained vacant at the hearing after his invocation.
The refusal to testify raises in interesting question of whether an official (who must routinely appear before Congress or its members) should be fired for invoking a constitutional right. Neely still remains employed (though under suspension) by the federal government but has refused to answer questions from the federal government. He however is facing both a congressional and possible criminal investigation. There is no question that as a potential criminal defendant he would be unwise to testify without immunity. Yet, should that be grounds for his termination? We generally do not allow federal employees to be punished for the use or invocation of their constitutional rights. What do you think?
Source: Politico
Asking questions are genuinely good thing if you are not understanding something entirely, but
this piece of writing provides nice understanding yet.
You can certainly tell that’s not from AY, the spelling and punctuation is more intelligle.
News Alert
from The Wall Street Journal
The two Secret Service supervisors involved in alleged prostitution at a Colombian hotel are leaving the agency, the first casualties of the scandal.
The agency said Wednesday it planned to fire one supervisor for cause,
while the second supervisor was allowed to retire. A third employee of the agency also resigned. The remaining eight Secret Service agents involved remain on leave with their security clearances suspended.
Did they put this on their expense reports?
Fantasy or not?!
A young group of four officers embark on a weekenc trip to Vegas. The impulse came from betweeb their legs, inspired by an article in Playboy, about an open to public nudist site with lots of tanning show girls.
Well other than being off with a fiver, this was years ago, and gaining a controlled boner, there was little else done. Oh, the girls might have been amused by us, we were a laugh pretending to ignore them. We were officers and gentlemen, although we actually did not have that consideration in mind.
On the way back, Phoenix produced the jackpot with two girls in a car. Being a loner, I took the girl in their car, and the others departed in my car.
I was the loser of course, but the guys and the other girl were neat (literally).
And they kindly offered upwarmed leftovers at the rendezvous the girls had agreed on. Didn’t have an appetite for leftovers. (Redacted raunchy line).
The oddity: the bingo girl and I wrote letters for a while. I couldn’t help her honest appeals, so that stopped shortly.
ID707,
I can believe that, at least early on in HRH life…… I got an inside look into HRH when I worked on his Estate….. FYI, I understand that a million in 100$ bills is only 22 pounds……
A: “I once built Las Vegas. Well actually I helped HH buy it.”
B: “What? ´What did you do?”
A: “I held his money bags. I could lift 250 pounds in those days.”
In the tub he looks like a cloning between Newt Gingrich and Geert Wilders.
I think it would be safe to say that he could be fired for his work and not his unwillingness to testify. I’m not a lawyer, but I think the argument that his termination was based on other factors and not his unwillingness to testify would be an easy target to hit.
But, then again, I’m certainly no lawyer.