Whistleblower suspended by Pentagon oversight committee

[kpete]

Whistleblower suspended by Pentagon oversight committee
RAW STORY
Published: January 24, 2006


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.


Excerpts from Rosenberg's article:

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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.

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Whistleblower_suspended_by_Pentagon_oversight_committee_0124.html

[babylonsister]

1. Suspended for doing his job. Gee, why doesn't this government

just hand over the bags of cash to Lockheed; why wait for any actual work to be done?

[Just Me]

2. Truth has no place in a dictatorship.

That's a fact.

I'm sorry Ken. This isn't right or fair or just. This is the country in which we live, unfair and unjust. :hug:

Hang in there.

[Mnemosyne]

3. .