Another one bites the dust. While this one is not a household name, Julie MacDonald was no less corrupt and has decided that she just can't take the heat anymore.
An Interior Department official accused of pressuring government scientists to make their research fit her policy goals has resigned.
Julie MacDonald, deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks, submitted her resignation letter to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, a department spokesman said Tuesday.
MacDonald resigned a week before a House congressional oversight committee was to hold a hearing on accusations that she violated the Endangered Species Act, censored science and mistreated staff of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
MacDonald was recently rebuked by the department's inspector general, who told Congress in a report last month that she broke federal rules and should face punishment for leaking information about endangered species to private groups.
This of course is not as big as if Gonzo was leaving. The administration will also argue they took proactive action in rebuking her. However, do not let anyone that this is not yet another page of yet another sleazy chapter in American History called the Bush Administraion. Ok, who's next?