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| NRC Chair Jaczko (D-Reid) Ripped At Issa Hearing |
| 2011-12-14 |
| former Reid Aide and tool to keep the NV Depository From operating. A real asshole Long-simmering tensions between commissioners at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission spilled into the open Wednesday as four commissioners charged the chairman with abusive, bullying and misogynistic behavior while the chairman defended his actions and said he was unaware of some allegations. got that one from Holder, huh? Under questioning, the NRC’s four commissioners — two Democrats and two Republicans — said they had doubts about the leadership of Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko and said they believed agency staffers had faced hostile or offensive conduct by him. But Jaczko, appointed by President Obama in 2009, said he had no plans to resign and defended his tenure by frequently telling lawmakers “I am very passionate about safety.” "passionate in as 'I like to threaten yours'" The hearing capped a months-long investigation by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee into Jaczko’s leadership at the nuclear safety agency. In his testimony, Commissioner William D. Magwood, a Democratic appointee, said Jaczko regularly grew impatient and unhappy at meetings with career agency staffers. "Don't you know who I am? During one encounter, Jaczko “Became increasingly irrational and everyone in the meeting became very uncomfortable,” Magwood said, adding that staffers told him that Jaczko “sort of snapped.” “It was like ‘The Exorcist’,” Magwood said staffers told him. At a separate meeting in October, Magwood said Jaczko met with staffers and asked them, “Are you on my team?” “The people I talked to felt that it was quite clear that the wrong answer could have consequence,” Magwood said. anybody that's had a boss ask that, KNOWS there's consequences Similarly heated exchanges between Jaczko and female staffers left the women in tears, Magwood said. But none of the women are willing to speak publicly, because Magwood said one staffer told him, “It's embarrassing enough that I went through this, I don’t want to be dragged through the mud before some congressional committee.” Speaking with reporters after the hearing, Magwood said the female staffers had shared their concerns with him in recent weeks and that at least one staffer had filed formal complaints with NRC’s inspector general. Fox had clips from the hearing. Dickhead had to sit between the commissioners as they detailed his abusive behavior. Reid, however, vouches for him. |
| Posted by:Frank G |