FBI's Mark Felt, AKA Deep Throat, dead at 95
Mark Felt, the former associate director of the FBI who helped break the Watergate scandal, died yesterday at 95. Felt, who for decades hid his role in the scandal and was known only as Deep Throat,...
View ArticleRobert McNamara, former Defense Secretary, dead at 93
Robert McNamara, the controversial former Defense Secretary who spent his twilight years apologizing for escalating the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War, died early this morning in...
View ArticleNASA “pad fuehrer” Guenter Wendt dead at 85
Guenter Wendt, a NASA contractor who was in charge of launch pad activity during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, passed away today at 85. The German-born Wendt ruled his launch pads with an...
View ArticleCult comic writer, VA clerk Harvey Pekar dead at 70
Harvey Pekar, the sarcastic and irritable writer who chronicled his life and experiences as a Veterans Affairs Department file clerk in the underground comic book American Splendor, was found dead this...
View ArticleThe last Negro League player at the Postal Service
The U.S. Postal Service today will release stamps honoring the Negro Leagues, and to mark the occasion, Ed O’Keefe at the Washington Post takes a look at the agency’s only remaining employee who played...
View ArticleLibya sanctions: Three days to freeze $32 billion
The Washington Post just posted a great story looking inside the Treasury Department’s mad dash to freeze $32 billion in assets held by Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi. Treasury employees worked nearly...
View ArticleWalt Whitman, federal employee
The National Archives on Tuesday announced that a scholar has discovered almost 3,000 documents in its files that were written by legendary poet Walt Whitman during his service as a federal employee....
View ArticleGay rights pioneer Frank Kameny dies
Frank Kameny, a gay federal employee who successfully fought to overturn the government’s ban on homosexuality in its workforce, died yesterday at his home in Washington. He was 86. Kameny was fired...
View ArticleFriday Fun: Arts group plans monument to VA’s Harvey Pekar
Most public servants with monuments dedicated to them tend to be presidents, generals, or other great leaders. But Kickstarter, an online organization that raises money for independent and off-kilter...
View ArticleDefense employee raps in Pizza Hut Super Bowl ad
Keep an eye on the Super Bowl ads this Sunday, feds, because you might see one of your own. The Washington Post reports that David Johnson, a switchboard operator at the Defense Department, will be...
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