The problem is that Mark [Zuckerberg, Facebook founder,] hired Sheryl Sandberg. She has political aspirations as does the head of PR she hired, Elliot Schrage. It's pitiful really: I'm shocked. It used to be full of young, idealistic cool people.

What's so shocking? Given Sandberg's penchant for sharp-elbows politics, honed in the Clinton White House, hiring a conservative lawyer with a close ties to the outgoing Republican administration constitutes a wise ideological hedge, lest Facebook be perceived as too Democratic-leaning. We think our tipster's friend nailed it: It's pitiful that he's shocked.

• Served as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
• Worked as the top lawyer for AOL Time Warner in Europe.
• Joined Gonzales at the Department of Justice White House as a deputy assistant and deputy staff secretary in 2003, earning a promotion to chief of staff that stuck when he and Gonzales moved to the Department of Justice in 2005. "[Gonzales's] leadership style is to listen and engage," Ullyot told the Washington Post of Gonzales. "Our job on the staff is to make sure that he's hearing from all the people that he needs to be hearing from."
• Along with Raul Yanes, coordinated the White House's response to the investigation into the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. The case ended with Vice President Dick Cheney's chief-of-staff Scotter Libby's conviction.
• As assistant to Gonzales when he was the White House counsel, helped defend — or at least did not object to — policies established by the infamous "torture memo," which argued for ways the Bush administration could forgo the Geneva Conventions in order to prosecute the War on Terror. "The tragedy of the torture memo is that it didn't get caught at a much lower level much more quickly," one former Justice Department official under President Bill Clinton told Law.com. "Had that memo received a broader look, there is no question that people would have said this is just wrong, as the administration later admitted it was."
• Earned Alberto Gonzales's unwavering praise: “I appreciate the steady leadership, counsel, integrity, and tireless commitment that Ted brought to this job and the cause of justice. I thank Ted for his great service to the President and the Nation in these challenging times. I wish him all the best as he moves on to this next phase of his career, and I look forward to our continued friendship."

Correction: Part of this post originally suggested Ullyot began working at the DoJ in 2003. He began working with Gonzales at the White House and they both moved to the DoJ in 2005.