What punishment should Federal employees receive who have stolen from taxpayers with credit card fraud?

At a MINIMUM, these folks should lose their jobs and their federal pensions. I think they should also be prosecuted for credit card fraud and subject to any and all applicable criminal penalties. To NOT do so simply condones the action and allows it to continue. AS a former federal employee and a TAXPAYER I am outraged at this behavior.

Let the C.I.A. take them to secret prisons in Central Europe and elsewhere for rendition, water boarding, and anything else they have available. Failing that, turn them over to Citizens’ Committees for appropriate justice.

They should give them the same punishment that a black American bank robber would get. To steal from the government is stealing money from the people. So, either one account of $500,000 or 500,000 accounts of $1. Which ever is greater. On top of that humility in front of his/her peers and no chance of getting a job on his/her way out. Even though I am against my last suggestion that is the way it is. What would you do if someone came into your house and stole money out of your top dresser drawer? Politicians who get caught stealing money or taking bribes to pass laws that hinder the working American citizen should be prosecuted.