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EXCERPT: Consider the State Department's decision to hire former Clinton Counsel Gregory B. Craig, of Williams & Connolly, LLP, to represent itself against a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by former employee Linda Shenwick. She alleges that she was transferred and fired for exposing mismanagement and abuse at the United Nations. The contract calls for Williams & Connolly to be paid as much as $1.46 million, with senior partners such as Craig to be paid upwards of $500 an hour... Conservatives despise Craig for his work defending Clinton during impeachment and representing Elian Gonzalez's father... ...Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage...

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - The ranking Republican on a Senate Judiciary subcommittee responsible for oversight of the Immigration and Naturalization Service is questioning that agency's decision to discipline two Border Patrol agents for publicly pointing out security weaknesses along the U.S. border with Canada. "As a longtime advocate for whistleblowers, I am shocked and angry about the INS Border Patrol's retaliation against Border Patrol agents Mark Hall and Robert Lindemann," Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in a letter to INS Commissioner James Ziglar Friday. "Based on this situation, it appears that some managers at the INS and Border Patrol...