Big Sis Faces A Big Cliff

'Favourite': A lawsuit has claimed that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (right) gave Dora Shriro (left) a promotion over more qualified men due to their 'long-standing relationship'

Department of Homeland Security boss faces discrimination lawsuit

Napolitano 'gave close friend promotion over better qualified men'

Suit: She turned department into 'frat house' where men were tormented

ICE chief of staff 'humiliated and intimidated' male employees

Suzanne Barr 'called male colleague in hotel room and used sexually-explicit language'

By Daily Mail Reporter

Homeland Security boss Janet Napolitano is facing a mega lawsuit from an official who claims she gave a less-qualified woman with whom she has a 'long-standing relationship' a job over him.

The suit also accuses Napolitano of turning the department into a female-run 'frat house' where male staffers were routinely humiliated and on the receiving end of 'sexually charged games'.

Napolitano's chief of staff Suzanne Barr repeatedly targeted men because of their gender and once called a male employee's hotel room to use sexually explicit language, the suit claims.

Accused: The lawsuit also claims chief of staff Suzanne Barr repeatedly targeted and tormented male colleagues because of their gender

Hayes first worked as a border patrol agent in 1995 and then served as director of ICE Detention and Removal Operations in Washington, DC, but was demoted after Napolitano's appointment, he claims.

In February 2009, she appointed Schriro as a 'special adviser' and began pushing him out of meetings, the lawsuit says.

Hayes claims that Schriro, who is now commissioner of the city Department of Correction, was not as qualified him for the role as she did not have as much law-enforcement experience.

'Schriro did have experience, however, working with Secretary Napolitano,' it writes. 'Schriro enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the secretary.'

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