Another thing gets leaked. And this time, it is John A$$croft

Apparently, the Karl Rove and the boys tried to delete large segments of a report on the status of minorities in the Justice Dept. Half of the reports 186 pages were "blacked out" by the political spinmisters.

However, the deleted passages, electronically recovered by a self-described "information archaeologist" in Tucson, portrayed the department's record on diversity as seriously flawed, specifically in the hiring, promotion and retention of minority lawyers.

Here is the article:

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 — An internal report that harshly criticized the Justice Department's diversity efforts was edited so heavily when it was posted on the department's Web site two weeks ago that half of its 186 pages, including the summary, were blacked out.

The deleted passages, electronically recovered by a self-described "information archaeologist" in Tucson, portrayed the department's record on diversity as seriously flawed, specifically in the hiring, promotion and retention of minority lawyers.

The unedited report, completed in June 2002 by the consulting firm KPMG, found that minority employees at the department, which is responsible for enforcing the country's civil rights laws, perceive their own workplace as biased and unfair.

"The department does face significant diversity issues," the report said. "Whites and minorities as well as men and women perceive differences in many aspects of the work climate. For example, minorities are significantly more likely than whites to cite stereotyping, harassment and racial tension as characteristics of the work climate. Many of these differences are also present between men and women, although to a lesser extent."

more...

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/31/national/31JUST.html?hp

But---HEY!----that 2000 Shrub convention stage was just CHOCK FULL of minorities.

Just another beaming example of the misadministration's progress.