Thanks for the correction. Now, can I have my keyboard back? I promise I'll never do anything to get scolded again. :)
I have corrected this about 50 times over the last few years, and I cannot understand why the misunderstanding seems to still exist. As an interseting tidbit that goes along with this, Ashcroft DID reorganize the DOJ, and quite a few attorneys received new assignments in areas which weren't so sensitive.
However, over time, clerks and secretaries can be damaging also (since quite a few are democrats) and so eventually the Rat Patrol worms their way into getting information they shouldn't have.
I don't know the answer, because this problem with the career employees is prevalent not just in DOJ but also in State, the Pentagon, and the CIA (as we have see with the odious Plame-Wilson duo). A revamping of the Civil Service Law seems to be the answer, but this will never happen unless the Republicans can recapture both the executive and legislative branches with super-majorities.
We are fighting a long war, and one which will not be won within a few years. The infiltration of the workings of government with people who are anti-American and anti-ethical is simply massive. Some are motivated because they are true believers and others are simply willing to do anything for a buck. Expecting any Republican president to be able to immediately clean up this situation is simply unrealistic.