DHS secretary Tom Ridge has investments in many of the companies that do business with DHS and hope to do more: conflict of interest?
In response to a late afternoon telephone inquiry, DHS spokesman Brian Roehrkasse first said the department did not have enough time to answer questions about the disclosure form. Pressed further, he shouted an expletive to a reporter and hung up.
Later, in a second telephone conversation, Roehrkasse said, “I don’t know where we are in the process. I don’t know . . . I can’t validate any information you’ve got,” and repeated a string of expletives.
Spokesmen are more plain-spoken these days, it seems.
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