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A 41-page report Waxman released also revealed that Krongard had met two individuals implicated in potential criminal activity involving the U.S. Embassy construction, despite warnings from his deputy and others not to do so.
Krongard met one of the individuals during a trip to Iraq in September, shortly after the individual had become a "subject of investigation," the report said. It quoted Krongard's deputy, William Todd , as advising him not to meet the person because "it would be questioned by our investigators and would, you know, give people cause to comment."
The individuals aren't named in the report. But at one point in the hearing, Krongard, perhaps inadvertently, referred to "Mr. Golden and Ms. French."
James L. Golden is a Washington -based State Department contractor charged with overseeing the embassy project. U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker banned him from Iraq after he allegedly tried to alter the scene of a mortar explosion at the new embassy compound. Mary French is the Baghdad -based project coordinator for the embassy.
Krongard, who said his talks with the individuals "were not witness interviews," also disclosed that he's recused himself from investigations involving the Baghdad embassy, which he said was in response to the House committee's probe.
The two recusals raise questions about his effectiveness as State Department inspector general.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59



Man who is investigating Blackwater,has brother on board of Blackwater.Finds this out"supposedly",during senate hearing.Either he`s an idiot, or a crook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMHzP930DoA

Incompetence,cronyism,kickbacks,cover-ups,graft,etc.,all part and parcel of being a neo-con.