FBI Analyst Fired After Making Mistake.

Wow. Remember what I’ve been say­ing, foren­sic sci­en­tists are human beings, and there­for unfor­tu­nately fal­li­ble. Apparently if you work for the FBI, you get fired for being human.

At a hear­ing Friday, attor­neys revealed the FBI ana­lyst mis­tak­enly con­t­a­m­i­nated the evi­dence with some of her own DNA. She has since been fired.

Maybe it was only because this is a “high pro­file case”, the Chandra Levy case. High pro­file cases can get real polit­i­cal. As a crime lab employee it is best to avoid these types of cases if at all pos­si­ble. If you do a really GREAT job, the head of your law enforce­ment agency will get a great pat on the back. If you screw some­thing up, you-know-what always rolls down­hill, and you are going to be eat­ing a Shinola sandwich.

A bit harsh, but read the whole arti­cle here at Fox News.