Posted on 07/15/2009 12:31:54 PM PDT by kellynla
The Department of Defense has compelled a private employer to fire a U.S. Army Reserve major from his civilian job after he had his military deployment orders revoked for arguing he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office.
According to the CEO of Simtech Inc., a private company contracted by the Defense Security Services, an agency of the Department of Defense, the federal agency has compelled the termination of Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook.
Cook's attorney, Orly Taitz, wrote in her blog that Simtech CEO Larry Grice said he would try to find another position within the company for Cook, but nothing is currently available.
The Department of Defense does contracting in the general field of information technology/systems integration, at which Cook, a senior systems engineer and architect, was employed until taking a military leave of absence on July 10 in preparation for his deployment to Afghanistan.
"Grice told Plaintiff, in essence, that the situation had become 'nutty and crazy,' and that plaintiff would no longer be able to work at his old position," Taitz wrote.
Grice made clear that it was Defense Security Services that had compelled Simtech to fire Cook.
According to the report, Grice told Cook "there was some gossip that 'people were disappointed in' the plaintiff because they thought he was manipulating his deployment orders to create a platform for political purposes."
The Simtech CEO then discussed Cook's expectation of final paychecks, without any severance pay, and wished the soldier well.
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I’m surprised that you’re surprised.
Every time throughout history when the collectivists attained state power,
they’ve used it to punish and criminalize their ideological opponents.
Violates the Whistleblower Protection Act, says Taitz. Hehehe... INAL, but I’ll bet she’s right. Could this mean a big monetary settlement for Maj. Cook? Hope so.
Contractors didn’t do anything but obey an order, which came from the Chicago mafia occupying 1600 Pennsylvania via the DoD.
Of course, but if you would list the liberal positions that you are most concerned with, I’ll let you know.
“...disobey an order to deploy...”
Did he do that? I thought the order was revoked. I thought part of the defined process was that he could request revocation up until deployment, which he did and they granted. What did he disobey? Or do I have the facts wrong?
I think it went away in the last few administrations.
I’m suprised at the overt nature of the revenge. Although you’re right - I shouldn’t be. In an informed society in which people care about citizens’ rights, this would be an over-bold move. Given the level of obama love in the U.S., it probably won’t get a headline.
The magic mulatto has spoken. LOL
Exactly! IMHO the Administration made a huge mistake in this case — their desire to get even overrode everything.
Personally belileve SecDef Gates needs to resign over this like yesterday along with some others. Why don’t they stand up and be counted instead of being wimps?
This was a message sent to all military officers. The Commander has now “killed a chicken to scare the monkeys.”
Are you men scared of Obama’s political shock and awe? You’re to cower in fear of his poser power just like the IG’s are to fear the power he usurped to fire “crazy” Gerald Walpin for threatening the corrupt evolution of an Obama civilian service corps.
I concur.
Amend the Complaint pronto—add Causes of Action for DISCRIMINATION, WRONGFUL TERMINATION, and INTENTIONAL INTEREFERENCE WITH CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS.
Perhaps I had the facts wrong. I thought originally, he refused to go.
It is probably more insidious than that, John O. It sounds like the contractor was approached not by the DoD contracting officer, but by the DSS. Those guys control the clearances. If they question your fitness, or your company’s fitness (by extension) and pull clearances, jobs are lost.
Companies can challenge contracting officer’s actions in court. I do not know how you challenge clearance issues.
Exactly! This can only serve to bring more *birthers* into the fold.
Why is everyone so scared of the Obama machine? He’s only human, right?
Just asking.
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