Suzanne Barr Resigns: ICE Chief Of Staff Quits Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations

The Homeland Security Department says Suzanne Barr, a senior official at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE, stepped down Saturday amid allegations of discrimination and sexual misconduct made by a pair of employees.
According to the NY Daily, Barr, the former Chief of Staff at ICE, took leave from the office soon after the allegations were made in August but has now decided to make the move permanent as she wrote in a letter to her agency’s director John Morton:
“In recent weeks, I have been the focus of unfounded allegations designed to destroy my reputation, but of greater concern however, is the threat these allegations represent to the reputation of this agency and the men and women who proudly serve their country by advancing ICE’s mission.”
The Chicago Tribune notes that among the claims were that Barr was a chronic alcoholic and that she called a male subordinate at his hotel room “screaming” she wanted to perform oral sex on him. Barr also reportedly stole a male staffer’s BlackBerry and fired off a message to his female supervisor indicating that he “had a crush on [her] and fantasized about her, according to the Daily.
In response to Barr’s resignation letter (which her agency accepted and simply replied: “Director Morton has received Ms. Barr’s resignation. We wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors”), Peter King, the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has vowed to scrutinize the matter when Congress returns from vacation.
“The resignation of Suzanne Barr raises the most serious questions about management practices and personnel policies at the Department of Homeland Security,” King said. “The Committee on Homeland Security will continue and intensify its review of all the facts regarding this case and DHS personnel practices across the board.”


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Sep 3, 2012
Sounds like one of Obamas' staff at hard work again.
Sep 3, 2012
Another one of Barry's huge failures. Big sis Napalitano should to go to prison for treason. She's more interested in going after law abiding citizens than illegal's.
Sep 3, 2012
This is the management we want in Washington?
Sep 3, 2012
Doesn't this woman realize she can go to any bar in America for "last call" & get laid anytime she wants?
Sep 3, 2012
Just like her twin sister Roseanne she's a quitter.
Sep 3, 2012
Plus fat chicks give good helmet.
Sep 3, 2012
This is what happens to unqualified AA promotions.
Sep 3, 2012
She can polish my knob anytime!
Sep 3, 2012
Yes folks, This IS your government. YOOOOOOUUUUU elected them. If you did NOT vote YOU STILL elected them.
On the other side of this coin, I would like to say, She is kind of cute. I wish she had called ME. I like a drunk P.O.A. once in a while. They never know what is coming and don't remember when they wake up.
Sep 3, 2012
Being your run-of-the-mill, stupid liberal, I'm shocked that her advances were directed to a member of the opposite sex.
Sep 3, 2012
I hear she swallows!
Sep 3, 2012
If you do not vote. You basically voted for the Winner.
Sep 3, 2012
Great fiction….as if ICE ever had a mission any of them lost any sleep over…..yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk what a bunch of BS.
Sep 3, 2012
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Sep 3, 2012
I don't know why the public is so fascinated with the thought of a man grinding on top of this woman. She is not that titillating to deserve all of that lurid attention.
Sep 3, 2012
Dear,
My name is Williams Atta Mills, son to the late Ghana President John Evans Atta Mills.
I am writing this private letter to make you an offer of business. In this present time, it is difficult to find a trustworthy partner hence if you can demonstrate trust and be able to keep this business matter confidential then it will not be a regrettable waste joining me in this life changing offer.
The circumstances surrounding the death of my late father though labeled 'throat cancer' has been classified by forensic unit of the ghana central intelligence as 'suspicious'.
Without boring you with too much details, I was opportune to acquire wealth with the influence of my late father in the Gold sector of the Ghana economy. But due to restrictions imposed upon family members of all top ranking government officials in my country,My late father deposited this fund/Gold with a Private Security Company in Abidjan.
The death of my late father has opened up a lot of scrutiny as expected when ever a government officials passes away. I held the sum of 15Million Dollars with a Security Company In Cote D'ivoire which as i told you was deposited by my late father.
(details to be provided) and would like to remove the funds from that Security Finance House immediately and secure same in an overseas. Please if you can facilitate the removal of the said funds to your overseas account and make same available on my arrival to your country after 3 months time, I shall compensate you with 25% of the total funds.
Take note that we are currently mourning my late father and I would be in the country for 3 months. Investigations are currently going on and I would not want the funds detected even though it is secured in a Security Firm in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.
For information regarding the death of my late father please visit the site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18972107
Please in your response, kindly provide us with your full contact profile that includes your mobile phone number.
He awaits your communication as soon as you receive this email.
Thanks,
Williams Atta Mills.
Sep 3, 2012
Dear,
My name is Williams Atta Mills, son to the late Ghana President John Evans Atta Mills.
I am writing this private letter to make you an offer of business. In this present time, it is difficult to find a trustworthy partner hence if you can demonstrate trust and be able to keep this business matter confidential then it will not be a regrettable waste joining me in this life changing offer.
The circumstances surrounding the death of my late father though labeled 'throat cancer' has been classified by forensic unit of the ghana central intelligence as 'suspicious'.
Without boring you with too much details, I was opportune to acquire wealth with the influence of my late father in the Gold sector of the Ghana economy. But due to restrictions imposed upon family members of all top ranking government officials in my country,My late father deposited this fund/Gold with a Private Security Company in Abidjan.
The death of my late father has opened up a lot of scrutiny as expected when ever a government officials passes away. I held the sum of 15Million Dollars with a Security Company In Cote D'ivoire which as i told you was deposited by my late father.
(details to be provided) and would like to remove the funds from that Security Finance House immediately and secure same in an overseas. Please if you can facilitate the removal of the said funds to your overseas account and make same available on my arrival to your country after 3 months time, I shall compensate you with 25% of the total funds.
Take note that we are currently mourning my late father and I would be in the country for 3 months. Investigations are currently going on and I would not want the funds detected even though it is secured in a Security Firm in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.
For information regarding the death of my late father please visit the site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18972107
Please in your response, kindly provide us with your full contact profile that includes your mobile phone number.
He awaits your communication as soon as you receive this email.
Thanks,
Williams Atta Mills.
Sep 3, 2012
give her to clinton……
Sep 3, 2012
Were the allegations made against suzanne barr, made by hispanic men or women?
Sep 3, 2012
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Sep 3, 2012
Homeland needs to be shutdown, waste of "Tax Payers" money from the start… Shutdown "TSA" too or just Put George Bush between the two and you will have the ultimate signature "SH_T" sandwich. He was instrumental in the start up of both of those useless operations…
Sep 3, 2012
Of course I like it, I posted it..
Sep 4, 2012
Not a peep out of the libs or OweBama or her boss that two-faced hag Napolitano. Where's the ACLU & NOW on this one? Such hipocrits.
Sep 4, 2012
Egads!
Sep 4, 2012
It takes years…decades in fact of hard work and dedication to get to the top…and apparently a few
wild allegations to tear it all down.
These "gotchya, even when there's no real story" times of ours is an embarrassment to those who came before us.
Sep 4, 2012
Useless ?
Really. So, tell us all "Joesph J Villalva" what exactly is it that you do for National Security that
would have your opinion mean more then the dog shit in my neighbors yard ?
…or are you just another loud mouthed lib who thinks the Government gives a shit about
the comic books you consider your retirement in your basement ?
Sep 4, 2012
looks like pig to me.
Sep 4, 2012
Isn't nice having a BJ crazzed Ho and a vindictive Lesbo running our national security? feeling up kids grandparents, cripples, innocent people drinking water, feeling touching squeezing each other.
Sep 4, 2012
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Sep 8, 2012
>Brian North: How can the resignation of the Chief of Staff of ICE be considered to reflect directly on our President? A resignation that, by reports from reputable sources, seems the result of a very murky chain of events. This situation appears to be more indicative of deeper problems within ICE. Janet Napolitano appointed Suzanne Barr, not President Obama. Also, what are we to think about your comment regarding enforcement of immigration laws? Are you declaiming publicly that your sympathies lie with "The Minuteman Project" and other vigilante groups?