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Originally Posted by Saratoga_Mike
Now you've sent Mostie & Co. scrambling to Media Matters for the proper spin on this matter.
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No, I went directly to the OIG report.
https://oig.state.gov/system/files/196460.pdf
This is why Scott Gration was removed as head of Embassy Nairobi, Kenya.
• The Ambassador has lost the respect and confidence of the staff to lead the mission. Of more than 80 chiefs of mission inspected in recent cycles, the Ambassador ranked last for interpersonal relations, next to last on both managerial skill and attention to morale, and third from last in his overall scores from surveys of mission members. The inspectors found no reason to question these assessments; the Ambassador’s leadership to date has
been divisive and ineffective.
He couldn't get along with the people he worked with. He was a bad manager, and generally ineffective.
The Ambassador has damaged the cohesion of Embassy Nairobi’s country team by underscoring differences between offices working directly with Kenya and those with regional responsibilities. Country team members, particularly those from other agencies, relied on the recently departed deputy chief of mission to maintain a sense of common purpose at Embassy Nairobi.
He spent more time undermining other agencies in the region than running his own Embassy
The Ambassador’s efforts to develop and focus the mission’s work around what he calls “mission essential tasks” have consumed considerable staff time and produced documents of unclear status and almost no value to the Department in approving priorities and assigning resources. His efforts have also created confusion about the relevance of the embassy’s annual Mission Resource Request (MRR). The Office of Inspector General (OIG) team agreed with embassy staff that the mission essential task process added no real value to the management of the embassy.
He created "busy" work that distracted Embassy personnel from the important tasks of the embassy.
• The Ambassador’s greatest weakness is his reluctance to accept clear-cut U.S. Government decisions. He made clear his disagreement with Washington policy decisions and directives concerning the safe-havening in Nairobi of families of Department employees who volunteered to serve in extreme hardship posts; the creation of a freestanding Somalia Unit; and the nonuse of commercial email for official government business, including Sensitive But Unclassified information.
He would not do what his superiors asked him to do; in many areas, not just email.
• The Ambassador does not read classified front channel messages and has not established a system to have his staff screen incoming cables relevant to Kenya and U.S. interests in the region.
This reminds me of Bush not wanting to receive the Daily Briefing prior to 9/11.
All in all it is obvious that there was a lot more wrong with Ambassador Gration than just his use of commercial email.
