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| WikiLeaks: op NASA Official May Have Broken The Law |
| 2016-10-14 |
| [Daily Mail] A NASA director sent a potentially illegal email to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton adviser Cheryl Mills complaining their campaign asked him for donations too frequently. Wikileaks published an email sent from the official government account of John F. Hall, NASA's director of the Export Control and Interagency Liaison Division, that may have violated the Hatch Act, which states that federal officials must not "engage in political activity while on duty or in the workplace," or "political activity in an official capacity at any time." "People during normal working hours aren't supposed to do this," Richard Painter, a professor of corporate law at the University of Minnesota who testified before Congress on the reform of the Hatch Act, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. "That's a no-no unless they're confirmed by the Senate. This could be parallel to some of the violations of the Bush White House during the 2006 campaign. The Bush White House got in some trouble for this sort of thing." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Eureka ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-14 23:12 |
| #5 @#2: Your first example would be myself. I mislead my Union on my political views to keep them at bay, and I do not post their "Proud Union Home" political signs on my deplorable central-Illinois property. And there are a lot of us out here. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-10-14 22:55 |
| #4 That would be a very short list Procopius2k |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-10-14 13:27 |
| #3 I think we can establish that it will be easier to assemble of list of non-corrupt senior officials and associates of the federal government than a list of corrupt senior officials. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-14 11:38 |
| #2 A NASA director sent a potentially illegal email to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton adviser Cheryl Mills complaining their campaign asked him for donations too frequently. This same method has been used in other settings. For example, I know a guy (life-long Republican) who had to join a union to get a job despite never belonging to a union before (always a part of management)--he was surprised to learn that some of his dues goes to supporting candidates whom he does not support and would not vote for. Another example. I know another guy who worked on Wall Street at a high level. He was tapped for donations by various NY Democrats running for office. He was made to understand that raises, promotions, bonuses were contingent upon his "May have broken the law." I assure you, these people are not concerned about breaking the law. They are not even concerned about getting caught anymore as everything is wired on the inside (DOJ, FBI, etc.) Other people must realize this too--thus Trump's popularity. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-14 07:26 |
| #1 Our campaign contributions from your NASA team are lagging John. We thought you were our man, and now this letter? How are we ever going to get to Mars ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-14 04:03 |