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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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From: Kevin Rose2/3/2006 2:32:19 PM
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Even if Bush randomly appointed people to posts based on numerology or hair follicle count or phases of Saturn's moons, you'd think that half his choices would be competent. Then how come nearly all seem either corrupt or incompetent? Maybe his choice pool is tainted?

I have a theory - underachievers are intimidated by overachievers, and unconsciously gravitate more towards birds-of-a-feather.

NASA’s inspector general probed
Accusations include failure to investigate safety violations

Updated: 11:26 p.m. ET Feb. 2, 2006
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.

The complaints are being reviewed by the Integrity Committee of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency. The complaints describe efforts by Cobb to shut down or ignore investigations on issues such as a malfunctioning self-destruct procedure during a space shuttle launch at the Kennedy Space Center, and the theft of an estimated $1.9 billion worth of data on rocket engines from NASA computers.

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