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The story was mentioned in the Reliable Source column of the Washington Post on Thursday, May 20. Richard Leiby cleverly masks F's identity by referring to him as "X".
Ryan Beam writes extensively about the scandal in his blog. Including a letter he sent to his Senator complaining about the firing:
I would like to say that I think your terminating the employee know as "Washingtonienne" is not really appropriate. She may have used Senate computers to post to her blog, but if that's your standard, then you would have to fire everyone in your office. At one time or another everyone in your office has almost certainly sent a personal e-mail, made a personal phone call or talked on Instant Messenger while they were on the clock.
If this girl was performing the duties of her job then I don't think there was any need to fire her just because she liked to blog about her sex life. It's freedom of speech and she shouldn't be punished for it.
I intend to write more about the firing. I will probably wait until the article in the Washington Post comes out tomorrow.
posted Saturday, May 22, 2004
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