Talk:Thomas P. O'Brien

Government Expense Account
The section does need work, but is verifiable. The blog reference should go, but here's the Nov 11 one &mdash; http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/12/local/la-me-obrien-20101112  Feezo   (send a signal  |  watch the sky )   07:51, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I was trying to figure out if that was the intended reference. If so, there is no mention that he "confessed to the Los Angeles Times that he falsely had blamed his secretary". Instead it says: O'Brien, now in private practice, denied engaging in any misconduct, but said he takes "full responsibility" for any oversights that resulted in his exceeding approved spending limits. which isn't the same thing at all.  About the blog, I agree it should go—I don't understand why this particular Leslie Brody from London having filed a complaint is significant. The complaint itself is contradictory, she ends up almost blaming the secretary by the end!  Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 08:19, 22 April 2011 (UTC)


 * The blog did have some supporting material, but I found a source for the "credible or persuasive" quote at mainjustice.com &mdash; the site has since lost it, but it's available at http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Aob1l5IwkvsJ:www.mainjustice.com/2010/11/12/ig-report-questions-former-los-angeles-u-s-attorneys-travel-expenses/+%22credible+or+persuasive%22+%22Thomas+P.+O%E2%80%99Brien%22&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com and probably the Internet Archive too. I'll keep looking and see what else we can salvage.  Feezo   (send a signal  |  watch the sky )   09:32, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * It seem we have sources supporting the claim that the DOJ Inspector General accused him of "inappropriate and egregious violations" and then trying to blame his secretary in a manner that was not "credible or persuasive". But there doesn't seem to be a source of the claim that he admitted to lying about anything.  The LA Times quote is closer to a non-apology apology. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 10:01, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * That was my impression too. I've removed the bit about confessing to the Times, since it's not in either of the stories we have.  Feezo   (send a signal  |  watch the sky )   10:08, 22 April 2011 (UTC)