Phyllis Fong had told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White House terminated her on Friday

Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had earlier told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White House terminated her on Friday, saying that she didn’t believe the administration had followed proper protocols, the sources said.

In an email to colleagues on Saturday, reviewed by Reuters, she said the independent council of the inspectors general on integrity and efficiency “has taken the position that these termination notices do not comply with the requirements set out in law and therefore are not effective at this time”.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Exactly! Get names. The order was illegal. “Just following orders” isn’t justification. Get those security people in court. Get their manager. Get everyone at every step in the decision-making chain. Make people second guess whether participating in a thing that’s “controversial” is a good idea. The little foot soldiers should be worried about just doing things because the boss said so.

    • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
      29·
      1 day ago

      “Security agents” according to the article, whatever that means

      I guess they work for the Department of “You Ask a Lot of Questions for Somebody in Imprisoning Range”

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      102·
      1 day ago

      The article says “security agents”. Probably contract security.