The Enlightened Despot

This is actually an update on a somewhat old story, but I missed it the first time around:

The Egyptian-born physicist, a U.S. citizen since 1988, lost his security clearance late last year, along with his job at the Bettis nuclear propulsion lab in West Mifflin, where he’d worked since 1990.

The clearance was revoked by order of Jeffrey Kupfer, acting deputy energy secretary. He said he had “reliable information” that Dr. El-Ganayni was a security risk but refused to let him see any evidence or defend himself.

The scientist filed a federal lawsuit seeking an independent review, charging retaliation for statements he made opposing the war in Iraq and the Bush administration’s post-9/11 treatment of Muslims. He said the government invoked national security as a smokescreen to hide its lack of evidence.

It’s not really Bush himself I am so looking forward to seeing the end of. His refusal to grow up and do his job does not reflect well on his character, but his sins of being lazy and indifferent wouldn’t be such a big deal if he hadn’t been made president. Had he had nicer babysitters, his terms in office could have been fine. But the organization that has in fact grown up around him, with evil at the top, and petty, incompetent cronies the rest of the way down, has done a lot of harm, and looked shabby doing it every step of the way. Good riddance.