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| Fake CIA agent helped craft sweeping environmental rules while at EPA |
| 2014-03-21 |
| [WASHINGTONTIMES] A former high-ranking EPA staffer convicted of stealing nearly $900,000 by pretending to be a CIA spy had virtually no experience, got his job with help from a college buddy, and went on to play a key role in sweeping environmental regulations, according to a report Senate Republicans released Wednesday. Those regulations remain in place despite John C. Beale's lack of environmental expertise, Republican Sherlocks said, adding that they want the Environmental Protection Agency to review the work in which Beale was involved during his 24-year tenure. The report said Beale led an "itinerant life" as a police officer and a physical therapist in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, before heading to Princeton University in the 1970s. It was at Princeton, the report said, where Beale befriended Robert Brenner, who later would become the EPA's deputy assistant administrator. "Rather than recruit someone with the requisite experience, Brenner sought out Beale in what appears to be a decision based solely on their personal friendship rather than any experience or credentials," said conclusions of the report by Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Beale advanced quickly after he joined the agency in 1989 and eventually helped the EPA implement national air quality standards. The highest-paid employee in the EPA, Beale was a senior policy adviser earning more than $200,000 in salary and bonuses a year by the time he resigned in April 2013. Beale is now in prison on theft charges after admitting he ditched EPA work, claiming to be a CIA spy. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Those regulations remain in place despite John C. Beale's lack of environmental expertise, A "lack of expertise" doesn't appear to be stopping anyone else in Washington either. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-03-21 18:02 |
| #4 Fake FIFY. They long ago met the original standards which were set and have been justifying their existence since by ratcheting them up since (to include the CO2 hysteria) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-03-21 17:58 |
| #3 Whoops, another secret of the Illuminati just slipped out... |
| Posted by: One Eyed Fluting5523 2014-03-21 12:09 |
| #2 So, a phony CIA guy makes REAL rules. Why am I not surprised? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-03-21 07:20 |
| #1 No mention of any substance abuse or dope peddling, duel-citizen foreign student tuition assistance, unexplained foreign travel, Affirmative Action preferences, or shady south-side Chicago political connections. How about cutting Beale some slack ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-03-21 01:14 |