Ronald Reagan started the practice of politicizing the bureaucracy, putting political commissars in regional and sometimes even local offices of Federal agencies. I remember seeing a memo criticizing the qualifications of one potential appointee because he had done nothing in the President's election campaign - his knowledge of the agency's work did not even come into question.
I didn't notice any changes when the Clinton-Gore regime came in - Clinton and Gore seemed to like to keep their political thumb on every area of government, and it cost me the privatization of my job as an investigator.
I was no longer privy to such information once Gore-Cheney came in, but I did read recently that a 32-yr-old political appointee was rejecting immigration judge applicants because they weren't pro-life.

So, yeah, I can believe that the Civil Service has been corrupted to the point that a little sexual persuasion could garner some Big Bucks out of the Department of Interior.

Still, in 25 years as a government employee and 5 years as a contractor, I wonder why nobody ever offered me anything, much less sex.....
You'd be amazed what I'd do for a hamburger and a beer.

-Joe-