Christie, the larger-than-life New Jersey governor, has repeatedly apologized and fired a top aide after documents this week revealed that officials in his administration may have intentionally caused traffic jams at the foot of one of the world’s busiest bridges in an act of political revenge.
Federal prosecutors are investigating
Christie previously had said his staff had nothing to do with the lane closings in September at the George Washington Bridge, which connects New Jersey and New York City, and he still says he had no personal knowledge of them. The lane closures caused hourslong delays at one of the major gateways to New York City.
Documents show that Christie’s aides appeared to close the lanes to punish the Democratic mayor of the town of Fort Lee, which sits at one end of the bridge, for refusing to endorse the governor during his recent re-election campaign. The documents released on Friday indicate short tempers as cars and trucks piled up.
‘I had an unpleasant interaction with Fort Lee Police Chief and Asst Chief about congesting the Borough, and preventing the smooth flow of emergency response vehicles throughout the Borough,’ Robert Durando, the bridge’s general manager, said in a 9 September email.
‘Their characterization was that the ‘test’ was a monumental failure. Fort Lee is not happy.’
US military academies, sexism go hand-in-hand
Washington: Sexual assault cases have declined at two of the three US military academies but students still worry they will suffer social retaliation if they report an incident, officials said.
The students also say they are reluctant to confront sexist behaviour by a small number of cadets and athletes, underscoring the need for commanders to improve the climate at the academies, according to a Pentagon report.
Students believe their leaders take sexual assault seriously but ‘also identified peer pressure as a barrier to reporting,’ Major General Jeffrey Snow, director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office said yesterday. ‘That’s not good,’ Snow said.
The general presented the findings of an annual report on sexual assault at the academies, which have come under scrutiny in recent years as part of a wider concern over a spike in assaults across the American military. ‘Sexual assault is a crime and has no place at the academies, just as it has no place in our own forces,’ Snow told a news conference. Sexual assaults decreased at the US Military Academy and the US Air Force Academy in the 2012-13, compared to the previous period, according to the report.
Federal prosecutors are investigating
Christie previously had said his staff had nothing to do with the lane closings in September at the George Washington Bridge, which connects New Jersey and New York City, and he still says he had no personal knowledge of them. The lane closures caused hourslong delays at one of the major gateways to New York City.
Documents show that Christie’s aides appeared to close the lanes to punish the Democratic mayor of the town of Fort Lee, which sits at one end of the bridge, for refusing to endorse the governor during his recent re-election campaign. The documents released on Friday indicate short tempers as cars and trucks piled up.
‘I had an unpleasant interaction with Fort Lee Police Chief and Asst Chief about congesting the Borough, and preventing the smooth flow of emergency response vehicles throughout the Borough,’ Robert Durando, the bridge’s general manager, said in a 9 September email.
‘Their characterization was that the ‘test’ was a monumental failure. Fort Lee is not happy.’
US military academies, sexism go hand-in-hand
Washington: Sexual assault cases have declined at two of the three US military academies but students still worry they will suffer social retaliation if they report an incident, officials said.
The students also say they are reluctant to confront sexist behaviour by a small number of cadets and athletes, underscoring the need for commanders to improve the climate at the academies, according to a Pentagon report.
Students believe their leaders take sexual assault seriously but ‘also identified peer pressure as a barrier to reporting,’ Major General Jeffrey Snow, director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office said yesterday. ‘That’s not good,’ Snow said.
The general presented the findings of an annual report on sexual assault at the academies, which have come under scrutiny in recent years as part of a wider concern over a spike in assaults across the American military. ‘Sexual assault is a crime and has no place at the academies, just as it has no place in our own forces,’ Snow told a news conference. Sexual assaults decreased at the US Military Academy and the US Air Force Academy in the 2012-13, compared to the previous period, according to the report.