Friday, December 14, 2007

Wow!

Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq, and his agency is being investigated by the FBI, Congress and the Army. Evidence about improprieties at SIGIR have been presented to a grand jury. The improprieties include excessive overtime (including some people working up to 1400 hours extra a year and making over $250,000), e-mail snooping by Bowen and the retaliatory firing of a whistle blower.

I've written in praise of Bowen several times. Of course, Bowen has a response to the allegations. Overtime was cheaper than hiring more people. The charges are made by disgruntled former employees. Looking at some employee's e-mail was justified.

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