…i=dXPn7FNkCBNsxSVsqXj35w ) POGO's investigation into abuses within the VA uncovered many whistleblowers who said they were afraid to approach the VA Office of Inspector General (IG) because of the VA's toxic culture of retaliation and intimidation. Read more ( http…
…Rogers is a GOP attorney who is conspicuously mentioned in the DOJ Office of the Inspector General's report on the Attorneygate investigation as one of the key players in New Mexico who put pressure on U.S. Attorney David…
…according to a report from the State Department’s inspector general to be released Thursday. The State Department made its statement in response to a 2012 records request from the independent watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington…
…Teneo, at the same time. The State Department inspector general is conducting a review of State's "special government employee" program, according to a letter the IG sent to Senate Judiciary Committee in April. A spokesman for Clinton's presidential…
…that they should shop around to avoid rate hikes. (Amy Goldstein) Senate Republicans claimed victory after the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services committed to a probe of fetal tissue research funding. Planned Parenthood welcomed the development…
…even had "catch-up calls" to provide each other with diplomatic updates. Talbott's name surfaced in the inspector general documents as having written a letter to his brother-in-law that warned Shearer to "be careful in his actions…
…than the Justice Department and CIA, and 30 times longer than the Treasury Department. An inspector general's report in 2012 criticized the State Department's practices as "inefficient and ineffective," citing a heavy workload, small staff and interagency problems…
…when the CIA inspector general reported that the CIA was violating the Convention Against Torture, assistant attorney general ""Steven Bradbury"" [ ""http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_G._Bradbury [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_G._Bradbury ]"" ] in the Office of…
…(ThinkProgress 7/28/08)* An audit by the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration found that private security firm Blackwater "obtained dozens of small business contracts worth more than $110 million even though" the company "may have exceeded size…
…in March and said there was no classified information, but now we are finding out there was. Says inspector general reports are supposed to be private, but somehow we have the information. Shows quote from Michael Goodwin speculating that Valerie…
…(BuzzFeed) Chuck Grassley denied that a former aide, State Department Inspector General staffer Emilia DeSanto, is his “confidential source” of information regarding Huma Abedin’s tenure at the department. (New York Times) A federal judge declined to speed up releasing Clinton’s emails that…
…and Liu Yuan, a hawkish general and the son of former President Liu Shaoqi. The most important was Wang Qishan, a friend for decades, who was placed in charge of the Central Commission on Discipline and Inspection, the agency that…
…palestinians-idUSKCN0UZ11P) ** Ma'ariv ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Ban Ki-Moon Condemns New Israeli Land Appropriation Plan ------------------------------------------------------------ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that he was deeply concerned about reports that Israel intended to appropr…
…and his network; Li Chuncheng was detained three weeks after Xi became General Secretary and it is highly unlikely Xi had enough power so early his tenure to go after such a senior Zhou crony on his own. It may…
…and the state spends $389 million annually on corrections. On closer inspection, a "bipartisan" prison reform law passed earlier this year by the governor is not what it seems. Bush Family and its Inner Circle Play Central Role in Lawsuits…
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…reform movement has something of the venerable dynamic of American social improvement about it. We no longer have caseworkers who inspect poor people’s apartments in person, but we definitely have members of the same ethnic group as the very…
…before a presidential election, attaches itself to their brains like a sea lamprey and sucks hard. Oh, political journalists have so much to write about this distant from a general election. There are speeches to cover, fundraising numbers to chase…
…we’re talking about a discrete, constantly inspected number of centrifuges,” she said, but she refused to define what “a little” is. > > > > That also appears to be the Obama administration’s current negotiating position. > >…
…the-nation primary. Clinton's advantage over her potential Republican rivals has narrowed, however, and the general election in the battleground state looks increasingly competitive, according to a new Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm New Hampshire Poll. The poll also shows…
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