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State Dept official asks to
cancel Blackwater hearing
Reuters
Sunday November 18, 2007
The lawyer for State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard
asked on Saturday that he not be called to testify before Congress
on discrepancies between his statements and those of his brother
over the brother's ties to the Blackwater security firm.
"There is no legitimate purpose to be gained by publicly
pitting two brothers against each other," Barbara Van Gelder
wrote in a letter to Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the government
oversight panel.
The two brothers had differing recollections about whether Alvin
"Buzzy" Krongard told Howard Krongard he was taking
an advisory board position with Blackwater, which protects U.S.
diplomats and other State Department officials in Iraq. Howard
recalled Alvin stating he was not taking the position, and Alvin
recalled saying he was taking it, the lawyer wrote.
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"Alvin does not claim to have ever made any effort to inform
Howard of the Blackwater position despite its obvious relevance
to Howard's oversight responsibilities," Van Gelder wrote.
The letter asked Waxman not to hold the hearing.
Waxman's committee is examining allegations by current and former
officials in Krongard's office that the inspector general thwarted
probes into waste, fraud and abuse in Iraq, including alleged
arms smuggling by Blackwater.
Full
article here.
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INFOWARS:
BECAUSE THERE'S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND
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