Good Thursday morning Fellow Seekers,
Sen. Norm Coleman sponsored the appointment of U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose, who recently announced her resignation from that post after a very rocky tenure. He now acknowledges that her lack of experience or ability as a manager undermined her effectiveness, and that she did the right thing by resigning. But […]

At 3:13 p.m., the attorneys in the Minnesota Office of the U.S. Attorney received the following email message:
Subject: A message to my colleagues
Dear Colleagues:
I have accepted a new position in Washington, D.C. I will be serving as Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy. I am excited […]

Good Monday morning Fellow Seekers of Wisdom and Truth,
The campaign to save Rachel Paulose’s job as U.S. attorney for Minnesota shifted into high gear last week. Perhaps she and her supporters believe that the decision will be made in the days ahead and want to rally some counterpressure. But the tactics and arguments employed make […]

A University of Rhode Island professor “suspects” that there is a campaign under way by unnamed Justice Department officials to hound U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose from office to punish her for her “aggressive commitment” to prosecute human trafficking cases.
She offers no details and no evidence, but Women’s Studies Professor Donna M. Hughes, who supports […]

Until recently, Rachel Paulose had told friends and colleagues that she hoped and planned to keep her job as U.S. attorney for Minnesota until the end of Pres. Bush’s term. She has stopped making that statement around the office.
Signs and portents augur that the end of her tenure may (or may not) draw nigh. To […]

Good Tuesday noon, Fellow Seekers, 
Sorry, I’m a couple of days late providing a link to reporter Dan Eggen’s piece in Sunday’s Washington Post following up on the Office of Special Counsel investigation of Rachel Paulose’s management of the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota.
Eggen reviews l’affaire Paulose in general, confirms the ongoing special counsel investigation, and comes up […]

Sen. Norm Coleman tells esteemed colleague Fred Frommer of the Associated Press that he will discuss the latest set of allegations about Rachel Paulose, U.S. attorney for Minnesota, with Judge Michael Mukasey, Pres. Bush’s nominee to be the new attorney general.
Coleman says he wants to make sure the allegations that Paulose mishandled classified material, retaliated […]

Despite many requests, and a promise to publish any response she decided to make, U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose declined to comment directly to Black Ink about the federal Office of Special Counsel investigation of her leadership of the office.
But she did release a statement to the Associated Press that reads, in full:
“Since the matter is […]

The federal Office of Special Counsel is investigating allegations that Rachel Paulose, U.S. attorney for Minnesota, mishandled classified information, decided to fire the subordinate who called it to her attention, retaliated against others in the office who crossed her, and made racist remarks about one employee.
Paulose did not return phone calls seeking her comment. Black […]