National Security & Defense

LessAspin

(2,019 posts) Sat Mar 21, 2020, 05:24 PM Mar 2020

An investigator in the Pentagon's watchdog office blew the whistle. He later committed suicide..

NEW: An investigator in the Pentagon’s watchdog office blew the whistle. Three weeks later, he killed himself in the office parking lot. The allegations of misconduct he made were never investigated after his death.

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An investigator in the Pentagon's watchdog office blew the whistle. He later committed suicide.. (Original Post) LessAspin Mar 2020 OP

WTH is this? liberalla Mar 2020 #1

WTH is this? liberalla Mar 2020 #2

He killed himself (?) In The TRUNK of his Volvo??? Boxerfan Mar 2020 #3

Foreignpolicy.com zipplewrath Mar 2020 #4

Blew the whistle on what? Srkdqltr Mar 2020 #5

liberalla

(11,221 posts)

1. WTH is this?

Reply to LessAspin (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 05:47 PM

Mar 2020

liberalla

(11,221 posts)

2. WTH is this?

Reply to LessAspin (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 05:53 PM

Mar 2020

Three weeks later, he killed himself in the office parking lot.

Then he got into the trunk of his car and closed it????
And they choose not to investigate?

Boxerfan

(2,571 posts)

3. He killed himself (?) In The TRUNK of his Volvo???

Reply to LessAspin (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 05:53 PM

Mar 2020

He killed himself in he trunk of his Volvo in the parking garage.....

Right....

If someone can post the story behind the paywall that would be great.....
But NOT a suicide.

zipplewrath

(16,698 posts)

4. Foreignpolicy.com

Reply to Boxerfan (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:07 PM

Mar 2020

I didn't hit a paywall.

Srkdqltr

(9,940 posts)

5. Blew the whistle on what?

Reply to LessAspin (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:11 PM

Mar 2020

I hate when there is no explanation just a url. Unfamiliar url. There are too many click bait sites.

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