Firings and Fraud in the American Prison Camp

The Collateral Damage of an Endless War

OK, they all look the same to me on paper. I agree, just axe them. They are just stupid bloat anyways. [Photo by Sebastian Herrmann on Unsplash]

It appears that lying on government documents is not legal. This is by 18 USC 1001. Yet we are finding lies, and the reasons for firing probationary employees are flatly false. These were not “poor performers,” as we’ve been told, but top performers.

The reason for not allowing government workers and officials to lie on paperwork seems non-trivial and precise, at least to me: a government of liars committing fraud makes for a government of complete corruption. If the people can’t trust the paperwork they are filling out or the government gives them in reports, then the power and the purse strings, and the trillions in case therein, will start to disappear and we won’t be able to track it.

Here’s just one example of an excellent employee from a WaPo article

““We felt lucky to make it into this program, because the acceptance rate there is similar to Ivy League colleges,” said Gavin, who received a score of 4.8 out of 5 on her January evaluation, according to a copy she shared with The Post. Like others who were fired, she was informed that her performance was “not adequate to justify further employment” in the agency.

“With the federal government hiring freeze, and a possible government shutdown, Gavin secured another public…