E-Mail Shows Racial Jokes by Secret Service Supervisors - AfroChat - African American

chibaba · May 11th, 2008, 02:59 PM

WASHINGTON — Secret Service supervisors shared crude sexual jokes and engaged in racially derogatory banter about blacks, and passed around an anecdote about a possible assassination of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, according to internal e-mail disclosed in a federal court filing on Friday by lawyers for black Secret Service agents.

The filing includes 10 e-mail messages that were among documents the agency recently turned over to lawyers for the black agents as part of an increasingly bitter discrimination lawsuit. The messages were written mainly from 2003 through 2005, and were sent to and from e-mail accounts of at least 20 Secret Service supervisors.

The messages offer a glimpse into the darker recesses of an agency known for protecting presidents and other dignitaries but whose culture is regarded as one of the most insular in federal law enforcement.

The disclosure of the messages follows an incident last month in which a noose was found in a room used by a black instructor at a Secret Service training facility in Beltsville, Md. Agency officials said that episode was under internal investigation.

Eric Zahren, a spokesman for the Secret Service, said he would not comment directly on the e-mail but said the agency deplored racially insensitive jokes.

“We are deeply disappointed by any communication or action on the part of our employees that exhibits racial or other insensitivity,” Mr. Zahren said.

Mr. Zahren said the messages were the result of a search of 20 million electronic documents over 16 years. He said that an internal inquiry had been opened and that the inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service, had been alerted.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/wa...rssnyt&emc=rss

MadameX · May 12th, 2008, 12:29 AM

Should we be surprised when we get offensive spam messages on our board from a hacker with a hidden agenda whose a Oreo cookie on a mission. That probably trying to use this server as a botnet. Let's face it some fools are sick a you have to stay 3 steps ahead to shut the muthas down. And that's on the real tip.

May 11th, 2008, 02:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
chibaba Afro Resident Occasional 2Cents Join Date: Mar 2008 Gender: Posts: 39 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Rep Power: 0 Credits: 449	E-Mail Shows Racial Jokes by Secret Service Supervisors WASHINGTON — Secret Service supervisors shared crude sexual jokes and engaged in racially derogatory banter about blacks, and passed around an anecdote about a possible assassination of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, according to internal e-mail disclosed in a federal court filing on Friday by lawyers for black Secret Service agents. The filing includes 10 e-mail messages that were among documents the agency recently turned over to lawyers for the black agents as part of an increasingly bitter discrimination lawsuit. The messages were written mainly from 2003 through 2005, and were sent to and from e-mail accounts of at least 20 Secret Service supervisors. The messages offer a glimpse into the darker recesses of an agency known for protecting presidents and other dignitaries but whose culture is regarded as one of the most insular in federal law enforcement. The disclosure of the messages follows an incident last month in which a noose was found in a room used by a black instructor at a Secret Service training facility in Beltsville, Md. Agency officials said that episode was under internal investigation. Eric Zahren, a spokesman for the Secret Service, said he would not comment directly on the e-mail but said the agency deplored racially insensitive jokes. “We are deeply disappointed by any communication or action on the part of our employees that exhibits racial or other insensitivity,” Mr. Zahren said. Mr. Zahren said the messages were the result of a search of 20 million electronic documents over 16 years. He said that an internal inquiry had been opened and that the inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service, had been alerted. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/wa...rssnyt&emc=rss

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May 12th, 2008, 12:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
MadameX Afro Resident Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Center Of The Universe Gender: Posts: 4,346 Thanks: 827 Thanked 246 Times in 209 Posts Rep Power: 53 Credits: 19,972	Should we be surprised when we get offensive spam messages on our board from a hacker with a hidden agenda whose a Oreo cookie on a mission. That probably trying to use this server as a botnet. Let's face it some fools are sick a you have to stay 3 steps ahead to shut the muthas down. And that's on the real tip.