Gov't Hires 2 Criticized Ex-FBI Managers

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- Two former FBI managers were hired as government contractors after their retirements, despite criticism of both men in an inspector general's report on FBI discipline.

One ex-official, Joseph Wolfinger, is senior vice president and general manager of a Virginia firm that is conducting counter-intelligence training for FBI agents. The contract, which began earlier this year, is worth up to $410,000 if continued for five years, the bureau said.

The other, Charles Mathews, former special agent in charge of the Portland, Ore., office, was hired to teach counter-intelligence training to Indonesian police. The FBI said Mathews received $700 per day for nine days -- $6,300 from the bureau program run through the University of Virginia.

Both men were criticized by the Justice Department inspector general last fall. The IG concluded the FBI "suffered and still suffers from a strong, and not unreasonable, perception" that top managers receive slaps on the wrist for misconduct that brings stronger penalties for lower-level workers.

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