Pentagon's top investigator to resign »
Posted By bubba2 3 months ago in NewsThe Pentagon's inspector general, Claude Kicklighter, is resigning after just over a year in the job and at a time when defense spending has skyrocketed but personnel shortfalls in the oversight office have strained its ability to probe allegations of waste, fraud and abuse.
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bubba23 months ago
Kicklighter refused to investigate accusations that Halliburton/KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones had been gang-raped by her coworkers.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4099514&...
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bigurn3 months ago
It was the right decision. Here's why: The Inspector General is like an auditing firm. They are not criminal investigators. The Justice Department (who are criminal investigators) have an ongoing investigation. Until they are done, no auditor could or should participate.
A civilian example: My business gets audited fairly often. My customers have a full right to the results of the audit, because it describes how well I am performing for them. If, however, the auditor found something they didn't like that was internal to my company (intellectual property, for example), my customer has no right to that because it does not directly impact the service I provide them. This is similar to the situation Kicklighter faced.
The alleged gang rape is still under investigation, but it's a Haliburton matter that does not necessarily impact the services they provide the U.S. Government. Moreover, as the investigation is under way, there is really nothing to audit at this point.
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DropkickaLib3 months ago
I actually do this kind of oversight auditing, not on the federal level. Auditors uncover fraud and wrongdoing but don't prosecute it themselves.
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bill-smith3 months ago
Does anyone else remember $600 hammers and $400 toilet seats? Doesn't it seem that in the current state of affairs with so much military spending and so little oversight by the IG's office that such wasteful spending may be happening again? We need someone really good in the IG position these days.
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bigurn3 months ago
As I recall the myth of the hammers and toilet seats started with NASA and the space program. The ensuing investigation found that the specific tools needed for space flight, and the small number made (reducing economies of scale), justified the cost.
The military has some expensive gear, but it's not hammers and toilet seats. Trust me on that one. :(
Military budgets are aggressively managed. Senior officers can lose promotions based on failure to follow them. While some abuse happens, it is far less than I've experienced in civilian life.
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bill-smith3 months ago
We'll agree to disagree on that one. My personal experience has taught me that excessively priced MIL-SPEC items are not uncommon.
As for the myth, the toilet seats were for the KC-135 or 130 as I recall, not NASA.
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riverat3 months ago
Checked Wikipedia and the story changes allot. Just wiki "toilet seat".
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unome23 months ago
These people are so corrupt and profit driven it is hard to imagine.
They control our politians, our politics, and our elections.
Eisenhauer was absolutely correct.
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unome23 months ago
These people are so corrupt and profit driven it is hard to imagine.
They control our politians, our politics, and our elections.
Eisenhauer was absolutely correct.
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pongping3 months ago
But is it just the Prez and Vice Prez? Be honest. Bush had a rubber stamp republican Congress for six years. I can't see that anything has changed with the Democratic Congress. They are all for handing out the payola too.
There are few brave and honest men in American government these days.
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pongping3 months ago
"In September 2005, Joseph Schmitz resigned to be chief operating officer and general counsel for the Prince Group, which owns security contractor Blackwater Worldwide."
Jeez!
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