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Boasting is not what it used to be. In these difficult political times, some listener is likely to repeat the boast to the enemy (read that as a member of the other political party). My assumption is that Bradley Schlozman, a DOJ attorney, failed to screen his audience. Worse, it seems he was a multiple careless boaster.

DOJ Official Admits to Boasting of Conservative Hires

Justice Department lawyer Bradley Schlozman looked very much like a man about to announce that he would be soon be pursuing opportunities in the private sector. Testifying this afternoon before the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of an ongoing investigation into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys and the politicization of Justice's career ranks, Schlozman told senators that as a top official in Justice's Civil Rights Division, he had bragged to others about hiring political conservatives to career positions in the division.

Schlozman said he did not take political loyalties into account when hiring career attorneys, which would be a violation of the Hatch Act. "I was not saying, 'I want conservatives,'" Schlozman said. However, when asked by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) whether he had boasted about bringing a large number of conservatives into the staff of the Civil Rights Division, Schlozman said: "I probably have made statements like that."

Source - The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times

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