disrupter
09-19-2007, 08:24 PM
State Department Inspector General is found to have covered up & interfered with probes into Iraq contractor corruption.
Instead of doing his job, he was a roadblock to getting the job done.
Another NeoConman Fox guarding the henhouse.
Shameless.
September 19, 2007
State Dept. Watchdog Becomes Focus Of Contracting Probe
Rep. Henry Waxman is sounding the alarm about another Bush administration official: the inspector general at the State Department, Howard Krongard, who Waxman contends interfered with investigations into contract fraud in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In a letter yesterday, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee accused Krongard of failing to look into allegations of fraud and abuse in an attempt to avoid embarrassing the administration.
"One consistent element in these allegations is that you believe your foremost mission is to support the Bush Administration, especially with respect to Iraq and Afghanistan, rather than act as an independent and objective check on waste, fraud and abuse on behalf of U.S. taxpayers," the letter reads. "Your strong affinity with State Department leadership and your partisan political ties have led you to halt investigations, censor reports and refuse to cooperate with law enforcement agencies."http://thegate.nationaljournal.com/2007/09/state_dept_watchdog_becomes_fo_1.php
The employees of the State Department are so fed up with this Bush criminal operative that they have called for him to be removed.
Employees Want Accused State Auditor Out
By MATTHEW LEE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The labor union representing U.S. diplomats called Wednesday for the State Department's top auditor to step down pending the results of a congressional investigation into whether he blocked fraud probes in Afghanistan and Iraq for political reasons.
At the same time, the State Department defended the accused official, Inspector General Howard J. Krongard, saying it had no evidence that would back up the allegations.
But the union, the American Foreign Service Association, said Krongard should "surrender day-to-day control" of his office until the "grave allegations of malfeasance," including charges he ignored security lapses at the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, are resolved.
"The worse-case scenario in corruption is when it endangers lives," AFSA President John K. Naland said in a statement. "The worse-case scenario in public service is when the watchdog becomes the suspected violator. Both of these allegations have been leveled against Mr. Krongard.http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ialk_zuKLvbkzDx2-FNz99ZlmVPQ
String this and all the neoconmen criminals up from lampposts.
Instead of doing his job, he was a roadblock to getting the job done.
Another NeoConman Fox guarding the henhouse.
Shameless.
September 19, 2007
State Dept. Watchdog Becomes Focus Of Contracting Probe
Rep. Henry Waxman is sounding the alarm about another Bush administration official: the inspector general at the State Department, Howard Krongard, who Waxman contends interfered with investigations into contract fraud in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In a letter yesterday, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee accused Krongard of failing to look into allegations of fraud and abuse in an attempt to avoid embarrassing the administration.
"One consistent element in these allegations is that you believe your foremost mission is to support the Bush Administration, especially with respect to Iraq and Afghanistan, rather than act as an independent and objective check on waste, fraud and abuse on behalf of U.S. taxpayers," the letter reads. "Your strong affinity with State Department leadership and your partisan political ties have led you to halt investigations, censor reports and refuse to cooperate with law enforcement agencies."http://thegate.nationaljournal.com/2007/09/state_dept_watchdog_becomes_fo_1.php
The employees of the State Department are so fed up with this Bush criminal operative that they have called for him to be removed.
Employees Want Accused State Auditor Out
By MATTHEW LEE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The labor union representing U.S. diplomats called Wednesday for the State Department's top auditor to step down pending the results of a congressional investigation into whether he blocked fraud probes in Afghanistan and Iraq for political reasons.
At the same time, the State Department defended the accused official, Inspector General Howard J. Krongard, saying it had no evidence that would back up the allegations.
But the union, the American Foreign Service Association, said Krongard should "surrender day-to-day control" of his office until the "grave allegations of malfeasance," including charges he ignored security lapses at the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, are resolved.
"The worse-case scenario in corruption is when it endangers lives," AFSA President John K. Naland said in a statement. "The worse-case scenario in public service is when the watchdog becomes the suspected violator. Both of these allegations have been leveled against Mr. Krongard.http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ialk_zuKLvbkzDx2-FNz99ZlmVPQ
String this and all the neoconmen criminals up from lampposts.