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Bush’s Final Purge

The lame duck gives dissenters in federal agencies a last round of pink slips.

By Christopher Moraff

The Bush administration is reportedly using its final months in office to exact retribution on federal employees who have spoken out against agency policies during the past eight years. Since April, the administration has dismissed — or notified of pending dismissal — more than a dozen federal whistleblowers, according to Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, founder of the civil rights group No Fear Coalition… return to article

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