Posted on 07/25/2004 10:33:51 PM PDT by kattracks
When the Bush administration took over the Pentagon's beleaguered inspector general office in 2002, officials found something startling: The director's office, at some point, had been electronically bugged.
Sorting out why the listening device was inside the walls of the office, with a cord leading to another office, is just one issue that had to be addressed by Joseph E. Schmitz, President Bush's pick three years ago to be the Defense Department's top cop.
A Naval Academy graduate and civil litigation lawyer, Mr. Schmitz was tapped to run the office responsible for investigating million-dollar fraud in the far-flung defense industry and criminal misconduct by senior Defense Department employees.
His nomination delayed by Senate Democrats, Mr. Schmitz finally came on board a year into the Bush administration. He set out to right a ship dogged by charges of corruption and cronyism.
But he also had to deal with an electronic bug apparently left over from eight years of the Clinton administration.
An internal "info memo," a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times, was written by a staffer in Mr. Schmitz's office:
"On June 19, 2002, during a routine meeting with the director of security for the Department of Defense, it was reported to my staff and me that a potential 'listening device' was previously discovered in the infrastructure of DoDIG.
"The DoD directorate of security conducted a routine sweep for electronic listening devices in certain areas of the ninth and tenth floors of the DoDIG on Aug. 7, 2000. The sweep revealed that a wire had been installed inside the wall structure leading to and from the ninth and tenth floors of the DoDIG (areas which comprise the Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the personal office space of the inspector general)."
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Gee, I thought they were talking about Hillary.
The DoD needs to investigate it's Civilian Personnel and Security Offices concerning the non-citizen muslim. Who did the screening/accepting on that hire...and why?
"Al quada, Iranian spy?"
Wonder "if" this is why Hillry got herself upon that Armed Services Committee????? INTERESTING???
Watergate was child's play.
Why should this take a generation to fix? We don't have 30 years. We don't even have 6 months. Too many politicians are selling America out and there's no hope at this point. Pray Bush is re-elected and his choice is elected for 8 after him.
Which will be Bush's downfall... and America's.
What's with all the censoring?
Yikes!!!!!
OMG!!!!
Woodward and Bernstein - where are you?
Oh, that's right. You only go after Republicans. I forgot my head there for a moment.
That bug could be a cockroach.....
Why did the Bush admin take over the office in 2002? And yes, OMG!
It just keeps getting worse and worse and yet the media will not cover a word of this. There will be no outcry.
Seems that slick willie always wanted the lowest of the low in some vain attempt to make himself look better.
Only...his cigar Human Humidor, Monica...and staying out of $(Hilla, the Hun)arys' way in the Klintoons' White House.
*HIT FOREHEAD* THAT'S RIGHT!...$Hillary, the Hun is on that committee, much more blackmail $$$$ to the Klintoons coffers, No Doubt.
This shocking info makes you wonder just WHO ole Burglar was calling that pinged a CIA tap. I have a really sick feeling that this is all going to lead to the revelation that the EVIL Dums were in cahoots with the terrorists all along. With the excuse of mid-east peace as the catalyst. This is what happens when you have simple-minded lefties in power.
If that IS in fact true, we'll never hear about it from the Bush Administration - wouldn't be gentlemanly, doncha know!
Don't count on that. GW is not his Father.
That's what sociopaths do.
New DoD inspector general cleans house - the last word - Department of Defense, Joseph E. Schmitz
Good morning Peach! FYI...just posted some interesting info in #78 on this thread.
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