Head of FBI’s Office in Seattle Resigns Abruptly; She Had Long-Standing Sexual Discrimination Claims

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Laura M. Laughlin, head of the FBI’s office in Seattle for a decade, resigned abruptly Monday. The Seattle Times reports that Laughlin retirement was anything but routine. Laughlin, who joined the FBI in 1985, filed suit for sexual discrimination againt the bureau in 2011, claiming she was passed up for at least…

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Top FBI Agent in Washington State Claims She Was Discriminated Against for Job Promotions

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Laura M.  Laughlin, the top FBI agent in Washington state, says she continues to be discriminated against nearly two years after filing a gender discrimination suit against the bureau, McClatchy reports. Special agent-in-charge of the FBI’s Seattle field office, Laughlin contends in an updated legal filing that her gender has cost her…

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Lawsuit Causes Turmoil, Uncertainty at ICE Offices

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  A gender discrimination lawsuit has caused a sense of unrest and turmoil at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the New York Times reports. The lawsuit, which accuses the agency of retaliation and choosing female employees over male employees, also says the agency’s chief of staff, Suzanne Barr, created a hostile, sexualized environment at…

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