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Posted on 06/16/2006 10:36:15 AM PDT by getsoutalive
Once-secret documents obtained by The Associated Press show a disaster supply management company went unpunished for Sept. 11 thefts after the government discovered FBI agents and other government officials had stolen artifacts from New York's ground zero.
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The two whistleblowers eventually lost their jobs, received death threats and were blackballed in the disaster relief industry. But they remained convinced their sacrifice was worth seeing justice done.
They were wrong.
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Federal prosecutors eventually charged KEI and some executives with fraud, including overbilling the government in several disasters, but excluded the Sept. 11 thefts. Officially, the government can't fully explain why.
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On average, about 400 Federal employees are fired for cause each year. This is out of 2.7 million. Hard to expect prosecutions when their jobs and bloated pensions are not really at risk.
Thought you might want to ping a few people to this story.
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