• WATCH LIVE: Justice Department inspector general, FBI head to testify on watchdog report

    WATCH LIVE: Justice Department inspector general, FBI head to testify on watchdog report

    Jun 18, 2018 06:00 PM EDT

    ... investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. EST. Watch it in the player above. Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who released the report last week, will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee alongside FBI director Christopher Wray. The report from ...

  • What the inspector general report reveals about Comey and the Clinton probe

    What the inspector general report reveals about Comey and the Clinton probe

    Jun 14, 2018 06:56 PM EDT

    After a 17-month investigation, the Department of Justice on Thursday released a 500-page report into how the agency, the FBI and then-director James Comey handled its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server. The report, from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, also examined whether political ...

  • EPA inspector general opens investigation of Pruitt's use of multiple email accounts

    EPA inspector general opens investigation of Pruitt's use of multiple email accounts

    May 15, 2018 10:58 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general is opening an investigation into Administrator Scott Pruitt's use of multiple email accounts. Inspector General Arthur Elkins says his office will review the matter despite budget and staff constraints. With the latest announcement, he is conducting about a half-dozen ...

  • Inspector general: State Department employees not archiving enough email

    Inspector general: State Department employees not archiving enough email

    Mar 11, 2015 06:27 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — The State Department's internal watchdog has found that many department employees are not preserving emails for the public record as required by the government. That could mean a substantial amount of government information is being lost to history. The inspector general, in a report out Wednesday, says that ...

  • News Wrap: Inspector general report confirms VA hospital delays

    News Wrap: Inspector general report confirms VA hospital delays

    May 28, 2014 11:29 PM EDT

    ... GWEN IFILL: The storm over delays at Veterans Affairs hospitals intensified today. The VA inspector general reported on the Phoenix facility, where officials allegedly falsified wait times. Investigators found it actually took an average of 115 days for a first appointment. They also identified 1,700 veterans who weren ...

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    Former Inspector General Defends NSA Programs

    Aug 01, 2013 08:47 PM EDT

    Joel Brenner, former inspector general of the National Security Agency, said the NSA is working within its mandate and is not compiling dossiers on all American citizens.

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    Backgrounder on Draft Inspector General Report on DOE International Travel

    Jun 13, 1996 05:39 PM EDT

    ... the Department's international travel. Secretary O'Leary has instructed the Department to implement each of the Inspector General's recommendations promptly. Before the Inspector General completed his review, the Department took steps to fix its administrative and accounting problems. These steps, which effectively implement many of the Inspector General ...

  • A look at the devastating impact of USAID cuts in rural Afghanistan

    A look at the devastating impact of USAID cuts in rural Afghanistan

    Aug 25, 2026 10:35 PM EDT

    ... State has suspended any foreign assistance that could possibly reach the hands of the Taliban." Amna Nawaz: The State Department also cited a March 2025 inspector general's report on Afghanistan that said aid groups -- quote -- "needed to strengthen agreements with public international organizations to ensure that U.S. funds ...

  • U.S. strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months

    U.S. strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months

    Aug 24, 2026 05:29 PM EDT

    ... whether the U.S. military followed an established targeting framework when carrying out the strikes. However, the evaluation is focused specifically on what’s known as the six-phase Joint Targeting Cycle and not on the legality of the strikes, the inspector general’s office said. Barrow reported from Atlanta.

  • Justice Department watchdog to review DEA tactic that permitted deadly fentanyl to hit streets

    Justice Department watchdog to review DEA tactic that permitted deadly fentanyl to hit streets

    Aug 17, 2026 10:46 PM EDT

    The inspector general said the review will focus on the Justice Department's actions over the past two years. It could determine whether the DEA permitted similar drug shipments to occur in other cities. Howell said he expects the review to show federal authorities “endangered the public through willful inaction ...