Employee whose office let hijackers in U.S. gets bonus

Washington Times ^

[hoosierskypilot]

The State Department official who was forced to retire because her office allowed most of the September 11 hijackers into the United States has won an "outstanding performance" award of $15,000.

The bonus to Mary Ryan, the former head of the State Department's consular service, was awarded for the period beginning April 16, 2001

[Arkinsaw]

She ordered that "Visa Express" be kept going even after Sept. 11 but with a name change. What was the name changed to? "Kill The Infidel Travel Service"?

[MTCJK]

Thanks Miss Ryan for your dedication and vigilence on behalf of the American people. You are truly under-appreciated

[Big Dan]

I think it's only fair that the State Department rewards employees who perform their duties so exceedingly well and allow Saudis to get visas from the US so easily.

Wait, do you mean she was employed by the US State Department? No, you must have gotten a press release from the Saudi State Department. Surely the US would not reward such remarkable incompetence.

Surely?

[Bogolyubski]

It's a pity that families of the victims of Ms. Ryan's incompetance (or treason) aren't able to sue her personally for about 15 million.

[VaBthang4]

Simply amazing.

[river rat]

Government Buffoons - there is no shortage of them.
God help them all, if the people ever wise up.
Semper Fi

[truth defector]

When I used to work for the federal government, an employee received a bonus check for suggesting that the entance to the new building needed a nice new carpet. The carpet was put in and oweing to the light blue color was extremely dirty looking all the time. Now that is how the government rewards so-called government service.

Contrast that with my suggestions to improve the service, which were routinely implemented amd credited to someone else.

[truth defector]

Also, about the time radon was being monitored across the nation, I bought a radon detector kit and left it in my work area for monitoring purposes. The geographic location and the layout of the building made me think high radon in my place of work was possible.

Anyway, I got the analysis back showing a small amount of radon. Further testing may have been warranted at that point. Eventually I informed the regional head of the employees union what I had done and the only result that I know of was that the union ended up with brand spanking new offices, complete with its own air handling equipment right next to the management offices. No improvement in the work area of 95 percent of the workers.

When the new computer terminals were laid under the floor, a major construction effort went forward, complete with tearing up asbestos laden tile and sawing through asbestos laden concrete, all just 25 feet from where alot of people worked. Of course the plastic sheet protected all of us. Not!

And then there was the lady who decided to bring a gun to work for who knows what, suicide was conjectured, a covered disability, (she was not fired for this) shortly after the armed guards were removed from the site al la the Energy department under O'Leary. It was a zoo I tell ya.

[putupon]

The State Department official who was forced to retire because her office allowed most of the September 11 hijackers into the United States has won an "outstanding performance" award of $15,000.

approx. $5.00 per victim of 9-11

[cynicom]

The people at the top pass such bonus awards around among themselves.

The only one better is the Postal Dept. Management gets such awards, after they lose a billion dollars a year. To me that is worse than full fledged government thievery.

Congress and the president should do away with these people doling out tax dollars to each others. It is obscene.

[DoctorMichael]

Bump.

[Registered]

Bonus time!

[rbmillerjr]

Remind me of the time when I was a booracrat for the Feds.
This incompetent manager lapsed millions of dollars in money due to mismanagment of time and error.

She contracted her own work out for alot of money, acknowledging her incompetence - and got a bonus for such.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Post pictures of the perps-if possible.

[Let's Roll]

Just like the P.O. had to hand out millions in bonuses last fall but as usual had to raise postage this summer.

And they wonder why Bush wants to be able to hire, fire and re-assign.

[FeliciaCat]

I'm speechless. But not surprised.

[Fred Mertz]

Speechless bump! I really don't know what to say.

[Hank Rearden]

Dammit, why should we continue to pay taxes? Pissing our money away on these useless, destructive parasites is not a good idea.

American Revolution 2.0 is warming up.

[SLB]

Speechless bump! I really don't know what to say.

How about an O-6 that makes himself a job as a GS-15 when he retires? Does that ring a bell? We both know hughes it is.