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It seems the Office of Inspector General whose job it is to root out waste, fraud and corruption in the federal government suffer from a good deal of corruption as well.

Reading between the lines in the four-part series by Mark Flatten at The Examiner that's linked in this article it seems to be worse in the more corrupt administrations. No surprise that this administration has been fraught with IG problems.

1 posted on 12/05/2014 3:07:37 PM PST by jazusamo
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In all there are 72 inspectors general—with heads appointed by the president

Typical corrupt behavior from Obama appointees.

2 posted on 12/05/2014 3:09:55 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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I have an new idea.

Put the very people who need to be investigated onto the investigating commissions.

Oh wait. That was already done with the 9/11 commission.

Never mind


3 posted on 12/05/2014 3:39:28 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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I’m sorry, but we are going to have to hang some thieves. That includes female thieves. There are too many thieves in this country. That means we have too many people who aren’t afraid of jail.


4 posted on 12/05/2014 3:42:25 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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I had no idea that the IG system was begun under Carter...
That certainly explains the eventual failure of the purported goal.

My only reporting experience with them was within the DOD, and I found them to be both professional and thorough.
It certainly helped that I had my entire operational command’s support prior to initiating my complaint, had diligently followed chain of command, and thus was not considered a “whistle blower”.

Fast forward 30 some years, and it appears the civilian IG is less ....respected or trusted to do their job.

But I will openly admit that I am extremely biased, because I don't trust any civilian government entity at the Federal level to act ethically and IAW laws.

That many of the citizenry is only now finally opening their eyes to the depth and breadth of corruption is not exactly comforting.

7 posted on 12/05/2014 6:03:01 PM PST by sarasmom ( Extortion 17. Obama's revenge on the DOD for the killing of Osama Bin Ladin.)
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Down at the unit level, they nitpick every little thing - it appears that it is the agencies with a lot of horsepower are the ones being catered to; probably via some serious strong-arm tactics and threats to careers if they don’t look the other way...


10 posted on 12/06/2014 4:26:52 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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