Failed Appeals Court Nominee, Former White House Staffer, Arrested.

UNC, Duke Law grad Claude Allen, former Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, was arrested for a large scale shoplifting scheme in Maryland. Here's his resume; here's C. Boyden Gray's criticism of the Senate's failure to confirm him to the 4th Circuit, here's a review of his performance at his confirmation hearing; he failed to account for his references to "the queers."