Awesome job, Debbie. You are the champion of true Americans.

DS_ROCKS! on August 15, 2012 at 12:51 am

It will be pretty hard for Janet Napolitano to walk away from this one unscathed. Barack Obama’s token lesbian has proven herself to be more trouble than she is worth.

Worry01 on August 15, 2012 at 1:01 am

This will be swept under the rug, one way or the other.

RT on August 15, 2012 at 1:05 am

Here we have DS at her finest.
Great job Deb. Keep on kicking ass!

theShadow on August 15, 2012 at 1:18 am

Debbie in my brief poliical career as an intern i noticed we were all there because of who we knew. I don’t think you could really apply for a job, and I was offered mine before I even filled my “application” out. I was there because of a local Jewish connection. Also not a few people there were bible thumpers. The secretary who sat behind me was annoying and tried to convert me. I would have preferred sexual harassment. Anyways DHS is just another bureaucracy we don’t need. I doubt any terrorists are too put off by whatever they’re doing.

A1 on August 15, 2012 at 1:30 am

Excellent job, Debbie. Hopefully Janet Napolitano will be next.

JeffE on August 15, 2012 at 1:38 am

Nice job Debbie.

skzion on August 15, 2012 at 2:26 am

Yup…. DHS’ sense of priorities is so warped that it will drop a trial “racial profiling” program at Boston Logan Airport because that would upset CAIR but its not at all afraid on the other hand of creating a hostile work environment for top straight while male officials who work for it.

Its management prefers to run a seraglio than to keep America safe. No one should be surprised no one takes DHS’ work seriously, including that of the people who work for it. But don’t hold your breath waiting for the gay version of the Tailhook Scandal to make waves in Washington. Every one knows gays and women just don’t do politically incorrect things like commit sexual harassment.

If it was the other way around the harassers would be fired, not placed on leave, there would be media scrutiny and Congressional hearing leading to real reforms. No one expects any real change at DHS even with the current firestorm. Remember its management’s principal mission is to have a good time on the taxpayer’s dime, not to keep the country safe and until they all go, DHS will contribute nothing to our homeland security.

NormanF on August 15, 2012 at 2:42 am

Let’s hope that in November, all of them are put on involuntary leave

Infidel on August 15, 2012 at 3:13 am

Good job, Debbie.

Holder is still around, though, and until he is held responsible for his actions, I don’t think anything will happen to Napolitano.

Little Al on August 15, 2012 at 5:48 am

I agree with Little Al. Nothing will happen to Napolitano unless Romney is elected.

What a great outcome of the women’s rights movement. /roll eyes

Road Warrior on August 15, 2012 at 7:09 am

Meanwhile war crimes are committed and Debbie will ignore them….http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/when-war-criminals-walk-free.premium-1.458055

Paul on August 15, 2012 at 8:26 am

Great Job, Deb !!!

Shootist on August 15, 2012 at 8:56 am

Kozak, what about him?

CPO Sharkey on August 15, 2012 at 9:11 am

Remember when all the Oprah hag wannabes on TV were saying the Secret Service wouldn’t have these prostitution issues if women were in charge? It wouldn’t surprise me if the same thing is going on at the State Department either.

Richard on August 15, 2012 at 9:13 am

DHS in March purchased 450 million rounds of .40 caliber hollow point bullets, which have been illegal since 1899 to use in warfare. Now DHS is going to purchase another 750 million rounds of different ammunition, so which can penetrate walls. The National Weather Service put in a request to purchase 46,000 rounds of ammunition. When exposed, the request was described as a clerical error.

Remember when in 2008 Obama described creating a civilian force as strong as our armed forces? Imagine TSA agents and other goons armed and roving around America.

Concerned Citizen on August 15, 2012 at 9:18 am

Great work, Debbie!……Thank you!

Dave on August 15, 2012 at 9:18 am

Nice work!!!!!!

Bobguzzardi on August 15, 2012 at 9:29 am

Awesome job once again Debbie! RT was spot on in stating this will get swept under the rug in some form or fashion. OIG/OPR doesn’t have the intestinal fortitude nor marching orders from the goons on high to take assertive action against Barr or anyone else. Just another “window dressing investigation” with no guts. Now, if you were just a grunt in the trenches, that’s another story…..

IceNoMore on August 15, 2012 at 9:46 am

This person “put herself on leave,” It is “administrative leave” no doubt, with full pay and benefits. This “leave” will continue until the storm blows over or her friends find her another job in some obscure place.

At least she is gone from the day to day operations, but nothing will change because whomever is acting for her will be afraid of the reprisals when she returns, or from her friends.

I have seen this happen many times in a long career. Incompetent fools who could not survive in any other place, except the G.

Anyway, good job Debbie for publishing what others will not.

Done with it on August 15, 2012 at 10:37 am

Another great job Debbie.

Dtom on August 15, 2012 at 10:39 am

I’m shocked, SHOCKED to see this kind of goings-on in Janet (Jack) Napolitano’s department. No problem, though. The state run media will bury this quicker than the leftovers from a Chick-fil-A sandwich. I’m sure, in the case of Barr, “Leave,” means, “Paid vacation.” She’ll be “Out of the office” until after the election – and if obambi is reelected, she’ll be back at work, tanned and rested at taxpayer’s expense. I hope everyone feels safer with the Napolitano person in charge of our security……450 million round of .40 cal. hollow points have been ordered. OOps. I’d write more, but there’s a drone peering in my window…….

herbster on August 15, 2012 at 10:48 am

Doing the right thing when no one is looking, that is integrity, doing the right thing to right a wrong when identified, that’s integrity, there is no integrity in the leadership who fails to right the wrongs even when friends are responsible.

“In town you’re the law, out here it’s me. Don’t push it. Let it go.” – Rambo

First Blood on August 15, 2012 at 11:17 am

LMAO!! Wel looka like ole Ray Ray will probably hang it up soon. Of course get to retire with full benefits and pension. Hmmmmmmmmm what to do with all the $2,000.00 suits??? Maybe he, EVS and Priceless can all put their heads together and come up with something?? wooo! hahahahahahaha ICED= Pathetic, backwrd, mislead, misguided, propagandist, bullshit, shipwreck, sinking ship, derailed, pathetic excuse for an agency—any type of agancy!!!

not anEVSfan on August 15, 2012 at 11:35 am

This Suzy ‘Stripper Pole’ Barr is a real nasty and unimaginative piece of work. Her repertoire is douche-chilly and a 70’s porn star could sexually harass some dude with me verve and panache. I hope her crappy and crude ways of sexually harassing the male colleagues are worth losing her job for.

I’ll delight in her take-down. Get the message dumb feminists, skank broads and lesbionic man-haters…crappy behaviour frowned on if done by men is no more acceptable if done by a broad with no class and self-respect.

Great job DS. It was so nice to see a story you broke go viral and talked about. Your stories are always worth that attention but we know how the frauds play.

Skunky on August 15, 2012 at 11:38 am

OK, I expect to get raked over the coals for this…..But, how many guys would be THAT put out over a seemingly attractive woman coming on to you? I haven’t seen a full body pic of Barr but she’s not that bad looking to me.

OK OK OK, it’s not appropriate by a superior either gender. But….shoot me, but I’m a guy! And, she’s not bad looking.

Jeff_W on August 15, 2012 at 11:42 am

In the absence of a domestic terror strike, the Romney camp won’t make an issue of the chaos and corruption at DHS.

adam on August 15, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Great reporting — proof that the bad guys get their just deserts. Real life really can work out like in the movies.
Debbie deserves a round of applause for exposing Susie Barr and her protection racket.

Seek on August 15, 2012 at 12:06 pm

Department of Heavy Sexualmolestation. No wonder the TSA is full of vile child molesters and other perverts!!

cassandra on August 15, 2012 at 12:09 pm

Congrats, Deb! 😀

Bob on August 15, 2012 at 12:14 pm

Great job Debbie. Put this feather into your cap of breaking a story about the Obamanation wide open. You know that the conservative frauds(we know who they are) are just beside themselves with envy. There will not be a peep out of them about this but we all who post here know that you are a true conservative warrior who exposes creeps like Barr and that dude Napolitano often. The fact that the lezzie dummy put Barr in her position while knowing about her past behavior speaks volumes about who is running DHS. Also with Eric(my people)Holder still stinking up the Justice Department don’t look for king Janet to be sent packing. I feel just all cozy and safe with this moron at the helm of DHS don’t you.

Ken b on August 15, 2012 at 12:16 pm

You are my hero. Great reporting.

Panhandle on August 15, 2012 at 12:23 pm

Well done Debbie.
Fox News should credit you when they report this.

Mike in Dallas on August 15, 2012 at 12:49 pm

Terrific column as usual DS, you are indeed my main woman (no A1, I’m not going to be a cyber-pervert and start fantasizing about Ms. Schlussel) and of course, favorite blogger on the net today (I have a few other favorite bloggers, no it’s not Michelle Malkin, Pamela Geller, Rob Spencer, Brigitte Gabriel, David Horowitz, etc., but I don’t hate those folks).

And I wanna know if this new and latest story will be reported in any of the newspapers across the country, like the story that DS explained a week ago where NYDN, & NYP bought it up in their papers and yes mentioned Debbie’s name and gave her credit for her work!

“A nation is defined by its borders, language & culture!”

Sean R. on August 15, 2012 at 12:59 pm

When you mix women and government this is the end result Any questions?

Bill Ford on August 15, 2012 at 1:26 pm

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/immigration-chief-takes-voluntary-leave-accusations-mistreating-male-workers-article-1.1136714

Italkit on August 15, 2012 at 2:00 pm

Is it a crime to offer to perform oral? The investigation should try to determine if she maintains a high level of proficiency in this skill set. All too often these loud-mouth pigs are all talk. She’s been a staff douche for a big shot female too long. This is another indication that she probably doesn’t know how to please a man orally. Looking at her pictures, I’ll bet her oral skills on a Big Mac are spot on! Is anyone really surprised by all of this? DHS management has been on a decline for quite some time. This administration accelerated the decline. How embarrasing for all of us.

1811Hetero on August 15, 2012 at 2:28 pm

I don’t know how this journalism stuff works, but I’m surprised Drudge doesn’t have Big Sis stuff plastered all over his site- with sirens. And when he has something, it doesn’t link to you.

kam on August 15, 2012 at 3:59 pm

With that cookie dough face the poor thing would probably have to troll for men.

Rochelle on August 15, 2012 at 4:28 pm

So she voluntarily goes on leave – seems to me that solidifies the preferential treatment claim. And if the comments happened in front of The Dir wouldnt he be the most senior neck on the block?

No name on August 15, 2012 at 6:45 pm

Had the misfortune of working at ICE for a number of years. There are many men and women working in the field and getting hosed by HQ. With nutjobs like Barr, Susan Cullen Dunbar and the like it’s a surprise it took sooooo long for something like this to happen. Funny that Hayes, a tool in his own right, is bringing down the house of cards.

ICE-scaped on August 15, 2012 at 6:59 pm

Dunno – plenty of LE that have given a black eye as well – I think of an ASAC and a SAC in FL have/had child sex charges against them.

No name on August 15, 2012 at 7:37 pm

No way Barr survives this – will probably voluntarily depart for “other private sector opportunities”. Morton goes too. JNo stays, but is castrated by Obama – he picks the actors to run the agency; Hayes gets the DD job held by Kibble. Mount gets his pick of assignment. Parmer is either forced to retire or has to return to HQ. Peter Vincent may or may not survive – the fact that Parmer got hold of his cell phone to send explicit messages to Barr doesn’t engender confidence. Ragsdake gets relegated to a meaningless job as soon as Hayes gets the DD job.

StillShakingMyHead on August 15, 2012 at 7:57 pm

Thank you Debbie for getting this story out there. All too often, as we have even seen exampled in the comments here on this story, sexual harassment by a woman against men underlings is scoffed at as if it’s not serious.

The whole point about these types of situations is that, as a BOSS, you have a responsibility to treat your workers with respect. And making lewd, suggestive, or downright juvenile sexual commentary about/at/involving them is simply inappropriate. It’s not acceptable when it’s a man using his position to badger his secretary, and it’s not acceptable for a woman to abuse her power like this either.

As far as Romney– the man won’t make hay with this story like he should. This is a perfect story for his campaign to use in demonstrating the overall inefficiency, incompetence, and lack of effectiveness of the current administration. A simple campaign ad asking if you feel safer with THESE types of people protecting you? If not, consider removing the guy who appointed them.

But Romney won’t do that because he’s a political moron just like McCain.

PitandPen on August 15, 2012 at 10:21 pm

I can’t really say that I have much sympathy for Mr. Hayes for the following reasons:

He seems to have had quite a meteoric rise in the agency from his beginnings as a BPA (probably GS5 or 7) in 1995 to a GS-15 only 10 years later. Having only about 2 or 3 years experience as a criminal investigator street agent in INS he subsequently became Special Agent In Charge of Homeland Security Investigations New York.

Apparently, he began filing EEO complaints in May 2011 when he was not selected for the position of Special Agent In Charge Los Angeles and his lawsuit seems stem from that event.

While the allegations of favoritism and sexual harassment might very well be true, I wonder if any of these allegations are contained in his EEO filings.

Even if they are contained in the 2011 EEO complaint, why did it take so long. The reported events of discrimination and sexual harassment took place in 2009, some 3 years ago. If this GS-15 Manager had really been offended by that activity, why did he not take appropriate action at that time to report and curtail the activity.

I might be a little cynical, but in my opinion Mr. Hayes was probably perfectly fine with things as they were until he didn’t get the position he wanted.

This is of course just my opinion, and you know what the old adage says about opinions. I’m just glad that I retired prior to the formation of the HSI/CBP monstrosity.

Nigel Brooks (my real name) on August 16, 2012 at 11:19 am

Poor James Hayes Jr. If memory serves me correctly, sir, you came OUR OF NOWHERE…working at the bottom floor of the old INS HQ building to being selected as the Field Office Director of the Los Angeles Field Office. Correct? What were your qualifications? How many people had you supervised at that point in your career? 10? 6? Yet, Mr. Torres selected you. The score sheet from that interview panel is widely available. Mr. Torres selected you even though you were ranked the 9th out of 9 candidates. Mr. Torres even ranked your knowledge of DRO as the lowest. Yet, you got the job. I guess that wasn’t a hostile work environment for you was it? What about the 8 DRO candidates that were passed over? Was that a hostile work environment for them? After causing nothing but havoc in that office…showing up at 1000 every morning because you were hung over…you were”’selected” for a detail in HQ by Mr. Torres. I think you racked up a record number of EEO complaints in Los Angeles. Great Job Jim. Getting out of Los Angeles just in the nick of time. You were detailed as the Acting Assistant Director for Enforcement for the old DRO program. While there, you orchestrated the demise of a well-seasoned DRO employee and had her removed shortly before the end of her Senior Executive Service probationary period. This employee, by the way, had been enticed to D.C. by none other than Mr. John Torres. After destroying her career, you set your sights on bigger and better things. At this point, I think, Mr. Torres realized that he had made a mistake but, he had created a monster. Your undeserved, meteoric rise continued. You announced your ascension to the Director of the DRO program sometime in October of 2008. Everyone was thrilled. Within 18 months, you had gone from a no-nothing, do-nothing legacy INS Special Agent to FOD of the Los Angeles Field Office to Director of DRO. Wow. What a genius you were. Your short reign over DRO is still known as the worst period in DRO/ERO history. A complete amateur put in place by his friend…John Torres. Hopefully, many of us will be subpoenaed. According to your lawsuit, less qualified people were brought in to replace you as DRO Director because you are a male. Really? When did that happen? The guy that replaced you, James Chaparro, had more qualifications as a boy scout than you will have in your entire lifetime. Hatred? Yes. We are all the hatred that you and Mr. Torres produced. Your troubles have just begun. James Hayes Jr., are you and Mr. Torres even capable of recalling the names of all of the many people you destroyed.?

I can’t really say that I have much sympathy for Mr. Hayes for the following reasons:

He seems to have had quite a meteoric rise in the agency from his beginnings as a BPA (probably GS5 or 7) in 1995 to a GS-15 only 10 years later. Having only about 2 or 3 years experience as a criminal investigator street agent in INS he subsequently became Special Agent In Charge of Homeland Security Investigations New York.

Apparently, he began filing EEO complaints in May 2011 when he was not selected for the position of Special Agent In Charge Los Angeles and his lawsuit seems stem from that event.

While the allegations of favoritism and sexual harassment might very well be true, I wonder if any of these allegations are contained in his EEO filings.

Even if they are contained in the 2011 EEO complaint, why did it take so long. The reported events of discrimination and sexual harassment took place in 2009, some 3 years ago. If this GS-15 Manager had really been offended by that activity, why did he not take appropriate action at that time to report and curtail the activity.

I might be a little cynical, but in my opinion Mr. Hayes was probably perfectly fine with things as they were until he didn’t get the position he wanted.

This is of course just my opinion, and you know what the old adage says about opinions. I’m just glad that I retired prior to the formation of the HSI/CBP monstrosity.

Inside the Loop on August 17, 2012 at 9:23 pm

Looking at the big picture, they have 10 other LESBIONIC ROBOTS in the wings ready to take her place. Kind of like the mafia; take one crime captain down, another one goes in their place.

The new world order mafia has infiltrated the White House, and now the DHS.

BDC on August 18, 2012 at 8:39 pm

Kozak is returning to work a couple of days a week. A supervisor in LA got reassigned because he allowed Kozak to not qualify for a full year and yet, Kozak still had his piece on him. What happened with the OPR investigation? When will the truth come out? why did Perry Woo have to shoot Garcia in the head? Couldn’t he have shot in the back or stomach? Did he shoot to kill to keep Garcia quiet about the malfeasance going on in management? HQ has ton of people who have never done a criminal case but are in 14 and 15 positions. They have detailed agents acting in make work roles simply because they know someone. When does Woo come back to work? Heard Guzman is coming back. Why and How? How are supervisors selected in LA? They are chosen by who you know and not what you know.

saddened on August 19, 2012 at 3:03 am

Perry Woo shot Garcia in the head because he was capable of doing so. Garcia couldn’t hit his target effectivley at very close range. Right up until his death he was a shitbag loser! That incident was natural selection at its finest. It is too bad Woo didn’t get a shot in somewhere else because the head shot bypassed a bunch of suffering Garcia deserved to incur.

El Barto on August 20, 2012 at 4:53 pm

El Barto,

You are nothing but a douchebag. You must be Kozak’s ball sucking buddy and a total looser. i do not agree with what Garcia did, but who knows what really was going on besides,Garcia, Kozak and Perry?

laguy on September 10, 2012 at 3:11 am