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National Reconnaissance Office Officials Accused Of Contracting Crimes, Retaliation -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — A senior officer with the nation’s spy satellite agency is being investigated over criminal allegations related to contracting even as the agency’s No. 2 official is accused of trying to illegally shield the subordinate from scrutiny, McClatchy has learned.
The inspector general of the National Reconnaissance Office opened the criminal inquiry after meeting secretly in May with four top officers of the agency, who told her about “a series of allegations of malfeasant actions” by a colleague, according to agency documents obtained by McClatchy.
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Update #1: NRO Official Accused of Threatening Whistleblowers in Contracting Investigation -- Space News
Update #2: National Reconnaissance Office launches witch-hunt against whistleblowers -- RT
Update #3: Secrecy creep: Executive branch agencies have learned well from the Obama administration's fixation on punishing whistleblowers -- Glenn Greenwald, Salon
My Comment: If true, this is a major failure of leadership.
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