• Fired watchdog was investigating Saudi arms sale, Democrats say

    Fired watchdog was investigating Saudi arms sale, Democrats say

    May 18, 2020 10:07 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats say the State Department watchdog fired by President Donald Trump last week was investigating possible impropriety in a massive arms sales to Saudi Arabia last year, adding new questions to the watchdog’s abrupt dismissal. Democrats said Monday that ousted Inspector General Steve Linick was probing ...

  • Democrats investigating Trump firing of State Dept. watchdog

    Democrats investigating Trump firing of State Dept. watchdog

    May 16, 2020 03:08 PM EDT

    ... Rex Tillerson's hiring freeze and attempts to streamline the agency by slashing its funding and personnel. Trump has been taking aim lately at inspectors general.In April, he fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community, for his role in the whistleblower complaint that led to Trump ...

  • What vaccine expert Rick Bright said about the government's pandemic response

    What vaccine expert Rick Bright said about the government's pandemic response

    May 14, 2020 10:55 PM EDT

    ... complaint. It's about undermining the administration during a national and global crisis. You chose not to elevate your concerns to the Office of the Inspector General, but instead kept selective screen shots that didn't include full context. Yamiche Alcindor: Meanwhile, at the White House, Health and Human Services ...

  • Senate narrowly rejects new limits on internet surveillance

    Senate narrowly rejects new limits on internet surveillance

    May 13, 2020 10:59 PM EDT

    ... thwart detection. The provisions aren't new, but the push to renew them took on added complications this year following a harshly critical Justice Department inspector general report that documented a series of surveillance problems in the FBI's investigation into ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. The ...

  • Shields and Brooks on DOJ's Flynn reversal, Trump's pandemic response

    Shields and Brooks on DOJ's Flynn reversal, Trump's pandemic response

    May 08, 2020 10:30 PM EDT

    ... and again, that -- Ambassador Sondland. Anybody who faced their responsibility, answered truthfully, and testified openly, retribution. I mean, we saw it with Michael Atkinson, the inspector general at the intelligence, I mean, all of whom got the gate when they didn't do what the president wanted. Judy Woodruff: David ...

  • Why does DOJ want to drop its case against Michael Flynn?

    Why does DOJ want to drop its case against Michael Flynn?

    May 07, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    ... going back... (CROSSTALK) Brett Tolman: Yes. Sorry. Just briefly... Judy Woodruff: Go ahead. (CROSSTALK) Brett Tolman: This same analysis was entirely absent when this same Justice Department determined not to go forward on the prosecution of Andrew McCabe, admittedly having found to have lied by the Office of Inspector General.

  • News Wrap: DNI pick Ratcliffe says he won't be swayed by political bias

    News Wrap: DNI pick Ratcliffe says he won't be swayed by political bias

    May 05, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    ... to steer clear of political bias. Also, the nominee to oversee federal pandemic recovery spending, Brian Miller, said he would deliver impartial audits as special inspector general. ... Judy Woodruff: In the day's other news: Wall Street managed another modest rally, as more businesses began reopening. The Dow Jones industrial ...

  • Intel chief nominee Ratcliffe says he won't be swayed by politics

    Intel chief nominee Ratcliffe says he won't be swayed by politics

    May 05, 2020 01:37 PM EDT

    ... at least six intelligence officials who have been fired, ousted or moved aside since Dan Coats left the DNI post last summer. That includes the inspector general of the intelligence community, Michael Atkinson, who first revealed a whistleblower complaint last fall that led to Trump's impeachment. "These firings and ...

  • As fewer people fly, rate of guns found in bags by TSA jumps

    As fewer people fly, rate of guns found in bags by TSA jumps

    Apr 27, 2020 10:53 PM EDT

    ... levels of passengers failed to find fake weapons a high percentage of the time, according to published reports.While the exact numbers remain classified, the inspector general of the Homeland Security Department said in an unclassified summary that a 2017 test found problems with both screener performance and TSA equipment ...

  • AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s baseless theories on coronavirus

    AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s baseless theories on coronavirus

    Apr 25, 2020 08:08 PM EDT

    ... are active investigations into these drugs and many others, as discussed by Dr. Anthony Fauci,” according to the unsigned VA response to the agency’s inspector general. “Yet no conclusions have been made on their effectiveness. To insist that a 14 days’ supply of these drugs is appropriate or not ...