How very Rethugnican of the Department of Homeland Security to install a
disgraced judge to head an even more invasive program in the patriot act:
W. Stephen Thayer III, who left New Hampshire's high court in 2000 under a deal with prosecutors, is now serving as deputy chief of the Transportation Security Administration's Office of National Risk Assessment......
In return for Thayer's resignation, McLaughlin agreed to drop plans to indict him. In a public report, McLaughlin criticized Thayer for participating in deliberations on a case he was recused from. He also said he would have sought felony or misdemeanor charges against Thayer for allegedly trying to influence the choice of a judge to hear his wife's appeal of their divorce and threatening fellow justices if they allowed his conduct to be reported to judicial oversight groups.
Why am I so surprised when yet another criminal has been welcomed home by this white house? Or even more surprised that a person of very questionable ethics is put in charge of something having to do with sensitive material. This week has given me hope that things can get better, I only hope the damage done to our ship from the way its been run aground can be repaired.