Whistleblower suspended by Pentagon oversight committee

[stop the bleeding]

I checked the form 2x and did not see this here yet.

A senior fraud investigator for the Pentagon who has crusaded against military contractor overcharges for seven years has been suspended for "insubordination," according to an article written by Eric Rosenberg for the Hearst News Service, RAW STORY has learned.

Kenneth Pedeleose, an industrial engineer for the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), told Hearst that his 30-day suspension was "absolutely related" to his whistleblowing. In 2002, Pedeleose's 90-page report "Criminal Vulnerability and Fraud" which accused Lockheed Martin of "willfully" overcharging the Pentagon and defense officials of ignoring his warnings led Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (Rep-IA) to persuade DoD's Inspector's General offices to launch investigations.


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Kenneth Pedeleose, 45, an industrial engineer and 11-year veteran of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), who has uncovered excessive costs on Lockheed Martin Corp. aircraft, claimed his suspension is reprisal for disclosing overcharges and for disrupting a cozy relationship between the agency and Lockheed Martin -- the country's largest defense contractor.

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Pedeleose's suspension, which is effective Jan 25, is "for the offense of refusal to cooperate with an agency investigation, insubordination and failure to follow instructions," according to a copy of the suspension notice.

"The overall seriousness of your misconduct warrants a heavy disciplinary penalty," said the letter from Steven Bogusz, deputy director for DCMA's regional headquarters in Boston, to Pedeleose.


Whistleblower suspended by Pentagon oversight committee-

[acmejack]

1. It was last night.

I won't tell if you don't.

[stop the bleeding]

3. Is this a dupe because I checked the LBN threads going back to 5pm 1/24/06

and did not see this here yet but I know the story is about 12 hours old now. So I am not sure if this has been discussed in the LBN yet.

[acmejack]

5. I lied!

wrong link

[izzie]

2. I think you will see more of this with 3 more years to go

If you think you may not have the power to long you get sort of wild about stuff. We are going to need to duck a lot in the next 3 years if you are a Dem. or like this country the way it was going.

[tsuki]

4. We need a Senator Truman.