tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.comments2023-03-25T06:29:51.852-07:00Dead Men WorkingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-8077660136755238922015-05-22T21:25:46.519-07:002015-05-22T21:25:46.519-07:00Mr. Asada also never served in an embassy.Mr. Asada also never served in an embassy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790235402943469476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-47295318317923187962015-05-22T21:25:03.086-07:002015-05-22T21:25:03.086-07:00It is also interesting to note that Mr. Asada neve...It is also interesting to note that Mr. Asada never served in an embassy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790235402943469476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-82259037186687322042015-04-29T08:11:49.709-07:002015-04-29T08:11:49.709-07:00This suddenly made me realize how closely AFSA and...This suddenly made me realize how closely AFSA and AILA seem to imitate each other. Secret twins, perhaps? Thanks for calling attention to this.Madam le Consulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114522703563499422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-63151553187144794242015-04-10T19:46:33.616-07:002015-04-10T19:46:33.616-07:00Trying very hard to disagree with you on Mr Asada,...Trying very hard to disagree with you on Mr Asada, but it's difficult. Especially when he apparently describes Kolkata as a 'border post' and mentions some ability with Hindi, which is barely acknowledged to exist in West Bengal, where the local language is Bengali. This resume is indeed extremely soft and floppy. Who is this guy really?Madam le Consulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114522703563499422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-73228049335159434832015-01-04T14:10:31.057-08:002015-01-04T14:10:31.057-08:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312005361541311361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-539601846270756552015-01-03T21:15:13.138-08:002015-01-03T21:15:13.138-08:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.shrewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15976849524509348957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-57747107458572396412014-12-18T09:16:16.883-08:002014-12-18T09:16:16.883-08:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-58207153066723497282013-08-04T16:34:05.093-07:002013-08-04T16:34:05.093-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-40086507700601769362013-04-30T11:18:07.567-07:002013-04-30T11:18:07.567-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312005361541311361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-46221057307311056922013-04-30T10:55:54.782-07:002013-04-30T10:55:54.782-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-13431797874041044842013-04-16T04:08:52.561-07:002013-04-16T04:08:52.561-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-42170810854117919672013-03-25T16:32:32.750-07:002013-03-25T16:32:32.750-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-85759093261774370912012-10-05T17:36:30.475-07:002012-10-05T17:36:30.475-07:00I hate to say this, but it gets worse: once you re...I hate to say this, but it gets worse: once you resign or retire, you are no longer an employee, and DS's record-keeping obligations change. Certain records must be kept, but "non-record working documents" can be thrown out. If you leave, DS pares down the file. Unless you filed an FOIA before you left (making it illegal to throw out any potentially responsive document), DS would then cull all "working documents" from the file and retire it. The "working documents," which include things like the original write-ups of interviews, are probably now gone, meaning that what you receive under FOIA will be much less useful. Attention readers: If you want to have any hope of seeing your whole file, it is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to file an FOIA/PA before resigning or retiring. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312005361541311361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-12052116419957462852012-10-05T06:40:04.272-07:002012-10-05T06:40:04.272-07:00Couldn't agree with you more. I gave up my bat...Couldn't agree with you more. I gave up my battle a year ago this month. I never even got to the point of an ROI - after being in limbo for 8 months without pay, with no end in sight, nothing I could challenge, no information that I could read...just silence...I couldn't afford to wait. Who knows what the ROI would've said, if they'd ever finished it. I finally got really mad this summer as I reflected- filed a FOIA request for my files. And the delays continue - as the Department tells me it will take a year to gather my personnel and investigative files. Sigh. I used to love this place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-55551327868554644962012-08-16T17:28:14.620-07:002012-08-16T17:28:14.620-07:00How do PR (now SID), PSS, and HR/ER get away with ...How do PR (now SID), PSS, and HR/ER get away with this behavior? PR is a 2 year assignment that someone out of their first assignment can get. So now we have an untenured agent investigating someone who may be senior to him or her. And before we know it, that agent has now rotated to the next assignment leaving cases open for the next highly undertrained super agent to handle (or probably ignore). PSS then gets an ROI, bursting with solely negative information and conjecture, on which it relies to 'adjudicate' the security file. If I only present negative information to you and tell you that you can only make a decision based on that negative information, what is the probability you will make a positive decision? This whole system is a mockery of due process and fairness. Discipline and security clearance adjudication are two distinct processes yet in this organization they have become mutually dependant reasons to make an employee's life a living hell. It is a shame that not more people make a fuss about this. FSO's, CS, and DS agents alike are getting crushed and forgotten by this abuse of discretion and lack of process. And the utter hypocrisy of all of these investigators and deciding officials and adjudicators and a host of others - as if THEY never made a mistake. You know, sleeping with someone other than a spouse, drinking too much, popping one or too many pills, excessive spending habits, driving a few extra miles in the government car, pointing weapons at people. Just stop with the holier than thou nonsense because obviously it's nice when you're outside the glass house - until some untenured agent comes to "investigate" that allegation against you that suddenly finds you without a clearance and in the department's camp x-ray.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-49757235511508710752012-05-25T05:50:29.274-07:002012-05-25T05:50:29.274-07:00Amen.Amen.Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03856750834804127824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-27516638751332940182012-05-12T09:32:56.233-07:002012-05-12T09:32:56.233-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312005361541311361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-86458814849006808562012-05-12T06:17:01.226-07:002012-05-12T06:17:01.226-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Consul-At-Armshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391037582103556978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-1631294136164874272012-05-06T16:49:24.443-07:002012-05-06T16:49:24.443-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-75227532387574262042012-03-24T11:57:15.538-07:002012-03-24T11:57:15.538-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312005361541311361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-2835665407383440752012-03-20T16:12:25.953-07:002012-03-20T16:12:25.953-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312005361541311361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-37029329287798296742012-03-08T21:00:45.183-08:002012-03-08T21:00:45.183-08:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-59059663798009156582011-12-05T17:35:45.428-08:002011-12-05T17:35:45.428-08:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312005361541311361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-50309384179603462422011-12-04T20:31:03.784-08:002011-12-04T20:31:03.784-08:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.William Hendersonhttp://lastpostpublishing.com/SCMAuthor.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248980090449642955.post-30292114504278600072011-11-09T10:35:47.049-08:002011-11-09T10:35:47.049-08:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com