Top ICE Aide Resigns Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace
- Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:28pm by
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(TheBlaze/AP) — A senior Obama administration political appointee and longtime aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano resigned Saturday amid allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior lodged by at least three Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees.
Suzanne Barr, chief of staff to ICE Director John Morton, said in her resignation letter that the allegations against her are “unfounded.” However, she said she was stepping down anyway to end distractions within the agency caused by the scandal.
ICE, a division of the Homeland Security Department, confirmed Barr had resigned, and the Associated Press obtained a copy of Barr’s letter.
In her letter to Morton, Barr said she has been the subject of “unfounded allegations designed to destroy my reputation” and is resigning “with great regret.”
“Of greater concern however, is the threat these allegations represent to the reputation of this agency and the men and women who proudly serve their country by advancing ICE’s mission,” Barr wrote. “As such, I feel it is incumbent upon me to take every step necessary to prevent further harm to the agency and to prevent this from further distracting from our critical work.”
Barr went on leave last month after the New York Post reported on the lawsuit filed by James T. Hayes Jr., ICE’s special agent in charge in New York. Additional employees came forward with their allegations around the same time.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, R-N.Y., said in a statement Saturday that Barr’s resignation “raises the most serious questions about management practices and personnel policies at the Department of Homeland Security.” He said his committee will continue to review the case and personnel practices at DHS.
In one complaint, Barr is accused of telling a male subordinate he was “sexy” and asking a personal question about his anatomy during an office party. In a separate complaint, she is accused of offering to perform a sex act with a male subordinate during a business trip in Bogota, Colombia. She’s also accused of calling a male subordinate from her hotel room and offering to perform a sex act.
In the lawsuit, Hayes said Barr “created a frat house-type atmosphere…targeted to humiliate and intimidate male employees.”
He is asking for more than $4 million in compensation for, among other things, what he believes he is owed for relocation expenses and financial losses associated with his transfer to the agency.
Hayes’ lawyer, Morris Fischer of Silver Spring, Md., has declined to comment.
The Justice Department is seeking to dismiss Hayes’ lawsuit on the basis that he did not state a claim for retaliation.
Barr, a 1995 graduate of the University of Arizona, was among Napolitano’s first appointments after she became secretary in 2009. Barr started working for Napolitano in 2004, while Napolitano was governor of Arizona.
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MetalPatriot
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:51pmFirst response: She’s cute (imo)
2nd: I’m not an “attractive” guy, but have worked with several females that brushed their breasts against me…they knew I was married. Another sat on my lap, another rubbed her butt on me. Finally, one (different job) talked about genitals constantly and then repeatedly called me a “prude” for not taking the bait. Have had customers (female & male) hit on me. It’s just a compliment, nothing more.
Being an average to below average looking guy, it never seriously bothered me. Never hid it from my wife either. Open and honest about it all. Never cheated…not once. Never cried “harrassment” either. People that get all hurt and want a lawsuit are idiots. If it was a condition of employment or real intimidation then legal recourse would apply. But seriously, if this cutie hit on me, I’d take it in stride. If somebody was smart enough, they could have harrassed/teased her about it. Whatever.
Not sure where all the “lesbian” comments are coming from other than Napolitano is hideous in the flesh and the soul.
Report Post »DLV
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:54pmAny idea why they were all hitting on you if weren’t that attractive? Seems strange. Or did they think of you as weak and try to take advantage of you…. sometimes sadly it can be the second.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 12:57amBeen there done that and I was surprised to be on the other end of the harrassment which at first glance can seem like an ego boost but in reality your getting the once over in more ways than on. First you lose respectibility by others present who may hear and see whats going on (body language) if you do not speak up, your owned. Totally been there! Its weird and sureal is the best way I can describe it and I was totally unprepared for it. Like women of old they rolled with it and I at the time had no recourse but to roll with it because it was simply unheard of. It had not been an established sexist situation as the male dominated era of yesteryear which was used to hammer men into submission only to become…well submissive. Believe it or not! Oh yea, I was a hotty! lol
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:59amHomeland Security is infested with mentally ill sexual deviants like this Suzanne Barr and ring leader Janet Napolitano. Janet has taken the place of J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover was the last sexual deviant who was spying on everyone. Now we have this man/woman hybrid taking his place known as Janet Napolitano.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 2:06am@ Metal
My advice to you is to find it, bottle it, and sell it.
You’ll make millions.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 2:13amAhem. METALP, looks to me like you got carried away reminiscing and missed the one key word in this article that makes FINO (female in name only) Barr’s actions repugnant even to males who enjoy a compliment: “subordinate.” Trust me, these are misandrists (man-haters). They’d emasculate you if they could.
http://digitaljournal.com/article/330560
Have had customers (female & male) hit on me. It’s just a compliment, nothing more.
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Seriously??
grayling646
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:15amThis woman was propositioning men (probably married). That’s a little more than a flirt. If this is true it could cost these men their jobs and their marriage. This ain’t high school kids in the lunch room.
Report Post »Platonician
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:40amYou are right, but the problem is that the “victims”…LOL in this case are probably gays who hate females anyway.
Report Post »Kevin The Elder
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:03am@MetalPatriot. My initial thought was similar to your line of thinking. However, upon reflecting and putting myself in the position of those ‘aggrieved’, I can envision an environment where someone higher up the chain of management was hitting on me. It would seem there would be a strong potential of retaliation should I reject such a come-on and thus a fear would exist once I do so. Surely this would not be a pleasant work atmosphere. Ideally this would have been handled internally and if the female was indeed doing what she is accused of doing, then further action should have been taken.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:49amIt can also be called “entrapment”. If you had made the tiniest motion towards accepting her repeated advances, she could have either fired you in a heart beat, screamed “rape” or both. It’s as old as the Bible (See story of Joseph).
Report Post »jcldwl
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:35am@ metal Hey are you related to the liar in chief? What a crock of bull.
Report Post »Centurian
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:55amI am not sure where you worked, but I am a little confused.
If it happens to be a “blue collar” type job, then the actions of those around you probably would have been commonplace.
But speaking from a person who has also worked in a few professional environments, what you described would have not been tolerated. Granted, a few innuendos may have been spoken, but there would not have been any physical contact. Am I saying that it didn’t go on? No. But what I am saying is that it was never tolerated in the departments that I either worked in and/or supervised.
This type of behavior is best left for the bars and other places outside of the professional workplace, and any employer who allows it to go on in the manner in which you have spoken, is opening themselves up for a lawsuit.
If wondering, I have worked in hospitals and at several universities.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:03amI’m thinking she did not fit the “holder’s people” profile otherwise they wouldn’t have discarded her on a Labor Day Saturday when news stories seem to be forgotten about by the next week…..
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:23amLike the ****‘s found a ’home‘ in the 1960’s in the Catholic Church; all the ‘*****’s have found a ‘home’ in the Obama Administration in DHS, or DOD….sicko’s have infiltrated the government and they want to jam it down out throat………..I say CLEAN HOUSE; and throw the garbage out!!
Report Post »whofarted
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 10:01amwhat a dink
Report Post »Sara123
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 10:18amNow we know why Homeland Insecurity has “progressed” to sexually molesting men, women and children at the airports. I bet they watch tapes of their pervert agents rubbing the breasts and croches of the submissive Americans.
Report Post »SERUM
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:12pmGives Bar Exams a whole new meaning!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:25pm@GRAYLING
Report Post »This woman was propositioning men (probably married).
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I wouldn’t call it that. She was sexually harrassing them. Her motive was male hatred, and her intent was to destroy their careers, reputation, marriages and life. Napolitano’s circle of friends are lesbians — the whole pack of them.
saf
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 2:44pmNow reverse the genders in your story. If MALE workers did this to FEMALE worker. There would be HUGE sexual lawsuit. It is not ok for workers to act like this on the job. After hours is a different story, you can take it as you see fit. But while clocked in, it should not happen from any sex. Its called SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 3:08pmThe “Good Old Girls Club” You see ladies with too much power women act just like the boys.
Report Post »osgeek
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 2:16amI would have done’em.. LOL
Report Post »supermansdad
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 5:05pm@ MetalPatriot
If those women knew you were married it actually means they do not respect your marriage nor their own if they are also married.
There is harm and there is foul. Would find it acceptable for a male co-worker or supervisor to rub his crotch against your wife’s rear end? Or to give her a “good game” smack on her tush? What about him rubbing her cheast?
All of those would be considered improper conduct on the co-worker/supervisors part and in most states would be illegal as they can present a hostile work enviroment.
Worse yet is that while you told your wife and even restrained yourself from physical relations with these women, you did not state that you informed them that their actions were improper and undesired. That leaves two additional problems.
First, as CHIEF GEORGE stated, it deminishes the working enviroment and your reputation. Even if your not, everyone will see you as the guy schtooping the boss.
Second, and much worse, is that if you did not tell them their actions were improper and allowed repeated attempts from them it shows that you ENJOYED this contact! That means YOU do not respect your wife. A man can be honest and tell her every woman he beds but he still beds them. You merely bed them in your heart.
Go back and read Matthew 5:27-30 and you will see where you, and most men myself included, went wrong.
Report Post »ODB1111
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:25pmBuried in the holiday weekend. Just like van jones skulking out during the weekend at midnight. She’ll probably go to work for the campaign
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:34pmWhy don’t blondes eat pickles?
Because they can’t get their head in the jar.
Report Post »WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:08pmI wonder why the blaze wont run a story on Janet the dung beetle at dhs who has been sued over allegations of sexuall misconduct? You should hear what she has been accused of. I beleive this whole national security complex has gotten way out of control, call me crazy, but I beleive there are rough times ahead for anyone who beleives in Liberty. Times are looking grim these days. Since all the “republicans” are stooges for the mass police strate industerial complex, will they wake up and see, “the war on terror” was really for the average amerikan citizen? Or maybe my tin foil hat is on a little too tight? Do you like the tsa and all these other out of control agencies?
Report Post »pissantno.10
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:32amblond women goes to the mega mart she is looking for a new tv. she finds one she likes the sales men tells her they do not sell to blond women. mad she goes home thinks about it then dies her hair black. goes back to the mega mart the next day. looking at the tv she wants to buy the sales men says mam i told you yesterday we do not sell to blonds. she responds how do you know that i am blond. he says the tv you want to buy is a micro wave
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:19amWhy does it take three blondes with PMS to change a light bulb?
IT JUST DOES, DAMIT!!!
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:14amCome January I’ll love to see her go but, I’ll probably vomit watching her walk away. Hey, hey, hey goodbye!
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 11:27amODB1111
Buried in the holiday weekend. Just like van jones skulking out during the weekend at midnight. She’ll probably go to work for the campaign
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I wondered why a person would resign unless they were probably guilty.
But your post makes sense. They get her a job in a campaign so you have money to tide her over. If Obama wins reelection, they rehabilitate her standing. What is anyone going to do about it? Other than get audited if they complain or continue to pursue the lawsuit in court.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 3:55pmThere is no truth to the rumor that Valarie Jarrett and Fat Janet (where are the doughnuts) are having an affair.
OMG Niv 6, 2012
Report Post »supermansdad
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 8:44pm@ WAKEUP
“mass police strate industerial complex,”
state
industrial
Yes, your tin foil hat is having a tourniquet-like effect on the amount of corpuscles that reach your brain. Please keep your anarchy safely locked in the desk drawer and remember to take your medication(s).
Report Post »WhatTheHuh
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:05pmI’m always a little suspicious of a government employee who readily resigns their cushy government job when they know they are “innocent.” Whatever you say, Ms. Barr.
Report Post »americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:48amExactly. My guess is she was told to resign because again it would look bad for the administration. They are a bunch of RADICALS following Alinsky himself on how to handle this country.
Report Post »It is time to CLEAN house of these trouble makers in November with one vote for Romney. He is a man of integrity and honesty and would NEVER stand for this kind of happenings going on. God Bless America and the rule of law!
Eastinfection
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:00pmSuzanne Barr… meet Jason Biggs. I’m sure you kids have plenty to talk about? PSST: Jason… here’s some Clorox.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:13pmThe current trickle of degenerates coming out of the administration will soon turn into a torrential flood as they begin to realize its over and the power keeping them safe from the law is gone.
Report Post »Halloween
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:53pmAdios!
Report Post »eramthgin
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:50pmThe demoncrats have been telling us for years that it is the evil Republicans that foster this behavior. Well guess now the truth is out. Should be the lead story on the evening newscast.
Report Post »oxycontinxx
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:33pmsex is fantastic……………but there is such a thing as wrong place, wrong time, wrong people………….
i guess she s figured that out by now
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:20pmWell what else is ICE suppose to do. They’re not allowed to do their jobs. I don‘t even know why we’re still paying them.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:37pmHi Justangry,
Now that I think about what you said…..
What do they call it when you pay someone to have sex?
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:38amDoes anyone else wonder how many more of Fat Janets (where are the doughnuts) appointees are going to resign before the truth comes out and Chubby cheeks jumps ship too.
OMG Nov 6, 2012
Report Post »StepDale
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:17pmBimbos in charge of the nation’s security. In the immortal words of the Democratic machine: You can’t make this up.
Report Post »DOra Glasberg
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:20pmANother poster called her a lesbian.
Report Post »Make up your minds.
DLV
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:55pmDora maybe you don’t know this but not all conservatives are one and the same. LOL.
Report Post »pissantno.10
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:40amdora oh never mind
Report Post »FloridaFarmGirl
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:15pmGood, let’s get rid of Obama and the rest of this corrupt administration will follow. Worst governing I have ever seen in my entire life. Romney/Ryan 2012!!!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:49pmToo young to remember Jimma Carter?
Report Post »MAX0O1
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:44pmYOU KNOW it really is difficult to be able to cough up enough words to describe how
Report Post »utterly disgusting,slimy,evil loathsome and malignant this administration is. I TRIED!!
Taquoshi
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:46am13th -
I remember Carter very well. He was ineffectual, and made terrible policy decisions, but basically no one questioned his allegiance to America. He did not bow to foreign dignitaries like the present occupant of the Oval Office does. When I disagreed with his policies, no one called me a racist for doing so.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:11pmI don’t understand this. Can someone here tell me what it means?
“The Justice Department is seeking to dismiss Hayes’ lawsuit on the basis that he did not state a claim for retaliation.”
“Retaliation”????? I thought that was against the law. (See link below)
http://employeeissues.com/retaliation.htm
Report Post »alpha2omega47
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:10pmNothing like having a bunch of queers and lesbians in the workplace ~ keeps things interesting I guess?
Report Post »junkmaninohio
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:29pmEver notice it’s the over weight ugly ones with the power to hire and fire? Big Sis is just like her.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:29pmI don’t see either one in the article. You did get me to read it twice though.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:08pmI cant believe she couldnt find one illegal mexican to scratch her itch
Report Post »ClaudeRains
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:01pmApparently she wasn’t making any headway in her position.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:37pmGood Lord! Her last name is Barr. eeewwwww…. and she’s resigning…..yaaaayyyyy….wait one minute…hmmm…remember in The Invisible Man? He unwrapped his head first…omg…ugh.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:00pmThis what happens when a he/she is incharge. She has lied her whole life about what she is, she has gotten that down 2 a T.
Report Post »ClaudeRains
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:56pmI heard she had a good head on her shoulders.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:54pm“In her letter to Morton, Barr said she has been the subject of “unfounded allegations designed to destroy my reputation” and is resigning “with great regret.”
This is GREAT!!!!!
She was “forced” out. Since she‘s a raving liberal she’ll want revenge. I’ll bet she really knows all about Fast & Furious and Brian Terry’s death. Hope she sequels all the facts.
That, or she was given the choice of being fired and losing her pension or bribed with keeping her pension AND her mouth shut.
But, libs can never keep their mouths shut. : )
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:49pmThe whole sexual harassment crap…is crap! While it may seem refreshing that a woman be charged with what is mostly considered a male on woman issue, at what point will it be acceptable to engage in a conversation that leads to bonding between a man and a woman? It may one day be illegal to engage in any sexual activity or even suggestion without the governments permission. That is where all this is headed.
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:56pmThis has to be a plant to get people to respond. No one can be that stupid….can he?
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:32pmHey Gray, why is it I feel you would have a hard time getting anyone to ever sexually harass you even if you asked them to intentionally?
When you were young, was it a crime for you to flirt? There is a fine line between harassment and flirting in today’s world. Nearly any Gesture…even a touch on a woman’s shoulder can get a person fired at their job even though there is no intent of anything other than to get a persons attention. I have seen it happen twice to good people. I try to refrain from calling people names like stupid, but I have to say…you are a fool.
Report Post »woodyee
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:49pmThe Kennedy’s.
The Clinton’s.
The Gaybama Administration. Is there no end to the amount of sexual abuse and deviancy that Leftists in power will exercise over subordinates and constituents?
Where’s the outcry from the Gaybama supporters? Ah! I forgot – they’re still hopping mad over something a Repub candidate for governor SAID…mustn’t upset their misaligned priorities…
Report Post »Chinishque
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:46pmThis will be happening more and more in all areas of society such as the military due to the direction we have gone down as a nation. These are baser instinct actions that rise to the surface when a person has no moral foundation driven by religious belief. That is a fact. Look at all the women teachers molesting their students, it is becoming epidemic.
Report Post »MatrixRedPill
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:01pmThat is why Glenn Beck says, what we have is a deep moral problem, the behavior and crime are only symptoms.
Report Post »Eastinfection
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:46pmWith ICE-AIDE out of the picture MAVERICK should have clear run at the TopGun trophy. que the Kenny Loggins..
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:43pmGHP in the water coolers.Ask for it by name.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:38pmLooks like they photoshopped out her mustache.
Report Post »And the hair in her teeth.
godhatesacoward
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:55pmNow that was f’n funny! I’m suprised my keyboard still works after a nasal extraction of a tasty beverage!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:29pmGot milk?
Report Post »bdandsl
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:33pmBye!
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:31pmALL RIGHT!!!
Keep on uncovering folks, GOD. YOU are doing a great job.
Thank YOU for people with morals and courage who see these things through.
We are counting on YOU and we know YOU ARE COUNTING ON US!
Have a good night, GOD. We love YOU.
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:49pmSo we don’t need an investigation to see what really happened or a trial to determine guilt/innocence? She may be guilty but I don’t see how you can have so much confidence based on this article alone.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:12pm@graything~~~
Report Post »“She may be guilty but I don’t see how you can have so much confidence based on this article alone.”~~~
“I don’t see” being the key phrase.
jumbles
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:21pmNEWSPEAK…..because of all wev’e seen,beecause of all wev’e said,we are the dead.Big brother works in mysterious ways.
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:04amYour 2nd post just proves your first. If you don‘t understand the difference between flirting and harassment it must prove you’re stupid. I’m not calling you names. I’m stating a fact. Oh, and your jabs don’t bother me a bit. How could someone sexually harass me if I asked them to? See what I mean by stupid?
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:06am…and yet you offer no proof beyond this article.
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