Kenneth Tomlinson under fire. Again.

Tomlinson came under attack during his tenure at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting when it became clear that he was violating regulations in an attempt to turn PBS into a propaganda arm of the Republican party. In spite of his close ties to the White House, he had to step down.

But perhaps because of his close ties to the White House, he landed in another cushy job-- as head of the State Department's Broadcasting Board of Governors. With his renomination to the position soon to be taken up by the appropriate senate committee, it's emerging that Tomlinson has once again used a position to further his own personal agenda.

State Department investigators have found that the head of the agency overseeing most government broadcasts to foreign countries has used his office to run a “horse racing operation” and that he improperly put a friend on the payroll, according to a summary of a report made public on Tuesday by a Democratic lawmaker.

The report said that the official, Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, had repeatedly used government employees to perform personal errands and that he billed the government for more days of work than the rules permit.

The summary of the report, prepared by the State Department inspector general, said the United States attorney’s office here had been given the report and decided not to conduct a criminal inquiry.

The summary said the Justice Department was pursuing a civil inquiry focusing on the contract for Mr. Tomlinson’s friend.

I suppose there might be no option for the poor guy but an insanely lucrative lobbying career.