The legal guy at the Thrift Board (Not Greg Long, but whoever the guy was who was the senior legal counsel guy. I can't even remember his name) submitted a formal allegation against me to my employer, which resulted in me being investigated at work, and subjected to hours and hours of intense questioning.
The allegation of the Thirft Board was that I had "Disparaged a senior executive of the United States Government,", and "Used words unbecoming of a United States Employee", when I posted one day the following words on TSPTALK.
I had been very critical of Ms. Tracey Ray, when I said that Ms. Ray was totally incompetent, had no business serving in the capacity she was, that she was causing a great deal of harm to shareholders, and that people were being screwed by her total incompetency. I said that she was incapable of figuring out where the costs were, and that her recommendation to the full board was plainly wrong, and that anyone who had a clue could figure out that what she was saying was incorrect.
The specific words that I was charged with by the Senior Legal counsel was a comment I posted, AFTER the Board approved Ray's recommendation to limit TSP trades to no more than 2 month- which I pointed out would harm employees. My exact wrote was "Tracey Does Dallas".
Apparently Ms. Ray and the senior executives didn't like that, and attempted to cause me to be fired.
I suddenly had my Agency's security service show up at my office one morning, take my computer, spend 48 hours analyzing my work computer, then spend a full day interrogating me.
I showed the Security Investigator (A GS-14, by the way) exactly what I had posted, how TSPTALK had changed my ability to grow my TSP, how HE could do the same, IF they had unlimited trades, and how Tracey Ray's actions would cost all TSP shareholders MORE in administrative costs, than leaving it with unlimited TSP transfers.
After weeks of a formal investigation, it turned out that truth was a very valid defense.
The truth will set you free.
Always.
