[VA Advogado]

You appear to be ignorant, foolishly prone to state as categorical facts things that can be easily disproven, and personally abusive. Now explain to me why I should care in the least whether you think I'm smart or not.

So with that cited regulation/statute, you're saying that trumps your interesting theory about how firing a government employee at-will somehow violates the employees constitutional rights? You're absolutely brilliant! :)

[Right Wing Professor]

Once again; there is a clear distinction between political appointees, who may indeed be fired at will, and regular government employees, for whom due process protections are more extensive. Steven Hatfill, the subject of this thread, was not a political appointee.