Monetary damages were "against policy." I got a piece of paper saying they wouldn't do to me again, what they had already done to me on a systematic basis over an extended period of time (try about 6 years). Heck of a deterrent don't you think? No, they just got more sophisticated about it.
Anyway, I appealed the decision of the regional authority to the General Counsel in Washington (what timing). After a year and a half waiting for the big creep sugar bubba to appoint a general counsel to rule on the appeal, lo and behold the SOB appointed the same counsel that had made the original unlawful decision in the first place, to the General Counsel position in Washington. Well, what do you think the General Counsel's decision from Washington was? The same decision. So much for independent review. The guy reviewed his own decision.
It wouldn't have been so bad, except that most of my situation was brought about because I was known to be, god forbid, an evil REPUBLICAN!
Well I bought a tape recorder to record my phone conversations with these UNELECTED officials (turnabout is fair play) and guess what? The tape recorder is lying. "My memory fails me." "I only remember what I want to remember." A house cleaning is in order IMHO. Never happen!