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WHAT’S THE REAL STORY HERE?

Cat.: Office of Special Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, News & Comment
12. June 2008
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The Wall Street Journal’s headline this morning “Special Counsel Has Hands Full With FAA” sets off alarm bells that reporter Christopher Conkey fails to quiet. Conkey plays it straight, explaining the independent Office of Special Counsel’s ambitious investigation into 32 ...

BLOCHING INVESTIGATIONS

Cat.: Office of Special Counsel, News & Comment, FBI
08. May 2008
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The Washington Post’s Christopher Lee and Carrie Johnson lay out the unusual corruption case of Scott Bloch, director of the Office of Special Counsel. Tuesday, the FBI raided the special counsel’s office and now more than a dozen current and former agency employees have been asked ...

MAN BITES WATCHDOG

Cat.: Official Corruption, Office of Special Counsel, News & Comment, FBI
07. May 2008
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The FBI raided the headquarters yesterday of the Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency that investigates political interference in the bureaucracy. The raid appears to be a dramatic next step in an Office of Personnel Management inspector general investigation into Scott Bloch, director of the watchdog agency. ...

IMPROBABLY, OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL IN HEADLINES AGAIN

Cat.: Office of Special Counsel, Yesterday's News?, News & Comment, Dept. of Justice
31. January 2008
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The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler calls the U.S. Office of Special Counsel an “obscure agency” narrowly in charge of protecting federal workers, particularly those who blow the whistle against their employers. But office head Scott Bloch has been a colorful character in the fired U.S. Attorney’s scandal and ...