Friday, February 03, 2006

NASA's Inspector General Probed

Failure to Investigate Safety Violations Is Among the Charges

By Guy Gugliotta
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 3, 2006; Page A01

An FBI-led watchdog agency has opened an investigation into multiple complaints accusing NASA Inspector General Robert W. Cobb of failing to investigate safety violations and retaliating against whistle-blowers. Most of the complaints were filed by current and former employees of his own office.

Written complaints and supporting documents from at least 16 people have been given to investigators. They allege that Cobb, appointed by President Bush in 2002, suppressed investigations of wrongdoing within NASA, and abused and penalized his own investigators when they persisted in raising concerns.

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