ABC News: 'Unprecedented' Number Of Gov't Watchdogs Under Scrutiny

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/09/unprecedented-number-of-govt-watchdogs-under-scrutiny

‘Unprecedented’ number of govt watchdogs under scrutiny
Four inspectors general, the federal government’s top watchdogs, “have found themselves under investigation recently, a trend experts call unprecedented and troubling.”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/federal_watchdo.html

Federal Watchdogs Facing New Scrutiny
May 08, 2007 2:18 PM

Justin Rood Reports:

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The men are inspectors general, known in Beltway parlance as "IGs" -- special senior political appointees who serve at each federal agency to expose and remedy instances of government waste, fraud and abuse. Instead, they have found themselves facing investigations into allegations including fraud, wasteful spending and abuse of power.

Four IGs under simultaneous investigation "would be a record," confirmed Paul Light, a professor of government at New York University who wrote the definitive tome on the role and history of inspectors general. "They're supposed to be a bulwark against this stuff."

The four men are:

- Robert "Moose" Cobb, the IG at the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), under investigation by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) for charges of interfering with investigations, improper ties to NASA leadership;

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The guy just plain seems to be thwarting investigations rather than conducting them. But, they're political appointees. Maybe this is what they're supposed to do.