“ . . . Let’s start with the fact during the Bush administration, DOJ wouldn’t announce that a lawsuit was coming until it sent a notice letter to the target. They wouldn’t publicize the notice letter, generally, giving the target time to consider and possibly settle the matter. The Obama policy of leaking lawsuits to twenty-something bloggers shows the depths of politicized gamesmanship in which this DOJ is willing to engage.
Schmaler’s handling of the Office of Public Affairs reminds one Tracey Ullman’s out-of-place [Frenchy] in Small Time Crooks. Her talents are more suited to Tammany Hall, not the DOJ. . . . ”