Unethical Federal Agency Bingo
Investigators say NASA watchdog abused authority
NASA’s top watchdog routinely tipped off department officials to internal investigations and quashed a report related to the Columbia shuttle explosion to avoid embarrassing the agency, investigators say.
A report by the Integrity Committee, a government board that investigates inspectors general, found that Robert Cobb “created an appearance of a lack of independence,” and it questioned whether NASA would do enough to reprimand him.
Only President Bush can dismiss Cobb, a former White House aide and 1986 law graduate whom Bush selected as NASA’s IG in 2002. The White House has said it is satisfied with NASA’s plans to require leadership training for Cobb, who once was an adviser on ethics to then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, now the attorney general.
He once was an adviser on ethics to Alberto Gonzales … now flagged for unethical behavior himself. Shocking.
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