| Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the head of the federal agency that oversees most government broadcasts to foreign countries, including the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, is the subject of an inquiry into accusations of misuse of federal money and the use of phantom or unqualified employees, officials involved in that examination said Friday, the New York Times' Stephen Labaton is set to splash on Saturday's page ones, RAW STORY has learned. Tomlinson was ousted from CPB Thursday. Excerpts follow [...]
People involved in the inquiry said that investigators had interviewed a number of officials at the agency and that, if the accusations were substantiated, they could involve criminal violations. In recent weeks, State Department investigators have seized records from the Broadcasting Board of Governors, officials said. They have shared some material with the CPB inspector-general, including e-mail traffic between Tomlinson and senior White House officials, including Karl Rove. |
Oh Karl. How could you?
UPDATE: Full NYT article now available. Here's the bit related to Rove:
| In recent weeks, State Department investigators have seized records and e-mail from the Broadcasting Board of Governors, officials said. They have shared some material with the inspector general at the corporation, including e-mail traffic between Mr. Tomlinson and White House officials including Karl Rove, a senior adviser to President Bush and a close friend of Mr. Tomlinson.
Mr. Rove and Mr. Tomlinson became friends in the 1990's when they served on the Board for International Broadcasting, the predecessor agency to the board of governors. Mr. Rove played an important role in Mr. Tomlinson's appointment as chairman of the broadcasting board. The content of the e-mail between the two officials has not been made public but could become available when the corporation's inspector general sends his report to members of Congress this month. |
He's just the gift that keep's on giving. Unbelievable. Imagine if Congress was actually performing its constitutionally mandated oversight role?. If this is the stuff that gets accidentally discovered, imagine what we would know if someone started digging around.
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