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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScott Pruitt Is Carrying Out His E.P.A. Agenda in Secret, Critics Say
The Environmental Protection Agency has become more secretive under the leadership of Scott Pruitt. Credit Tom Brenner/The New York Times
WASHINGTON When career employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are summoned to a meeting with the agencys administrator, Scott Pruitt, at agency headquarters, they no longer can count on easy access to the floor where his office is, according to interviews with employees of the federal agency.
Doors to the floor are now frequently locked, and employees have to have an escort to gain entrance.
Some employees say they are also told to leave behind their cellphones when they meet with Mr. Pruitt, and are sometimes told not to take notes.
Mr. Pruitt, according to the employees, who requested anonymity out of fear of losing their jobs, often makes important phone calls from other offices rather than use the phone in his office, and he is accompanied, even at E.P.A. headquarters, by armed guards, the first head of the agency to ever request round-the-clock security.
Doors to the floor are now frequently locked, and employees have to have an escort to gain entrance.
Some employees say they are also told to leave behind their cellphones when they meet with Mr. Pruitt, and are sometimes told not to take notes.
Mr. Pruitt, according to the employees, who requested anonymity out of fear of losing their jobs, often makes important phone calls from other offices rather than use the phone in his office, and he is accompanied, even at E.P.A. headquarters, by armed guards, the first head of the agency to ever request round-the-clock security.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/us/politics/scott-pruitt-epa.html
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Scott Pruitt Is Carrying Out His E.P.A. Agenda in Secret, Critics Say (Original Post)
spanone
Aug 2017
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dalton99a
(81,488 posts)1. What country do we live in now?
spanone
(135,832 posts)2. i have no clue...there are white supremacists giving nazi salutes on my teevee
and a 'president' threatening nuclear war....i have no clue
mindem
(1,580 posts)3. Is this their idea of draining the swamp?
This shit is getting real old real fast. The repuke vision for America is that of a true hell hole.
spanone
(135,832 posts)4. mr pruitt must be a bit paranoid. guess you would be when you're destroying the world