Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Filner blasts VA's handling of data theft with obscenities

Rep. Bob Filner, the acting top Democrat on the House Veterans Affairs Committee, appeared at a news briefing outside the VA building to criticize the agency's three-week delay in publicizing the May 3 burglary at a VA data analyst's home.

Two VA officials – Assistant Veterans Affairs Secretary Lisette Mondello and spokesman Matt Burns – later appeared and called the briefing a “publicity stunt,” leading to Filner's blunt commentary.
“You guys f--- it up,” Filner declared. “Stop covering your a- and figure it out.”

Maybe they will listen....

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