Iraq IG Under Investigation

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen is under investigation, Reuters reports. A White House spokeswoman is reported as saying the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency, which consists of presidentially appointed inspectors general, is investigating Bowen. The story, quoting a "former SIGIR employee who asked not to be named" says several ex-SIGIR employees "filed complaints about Bowen in 2006, focusing on charges that he failed to come to work for long periods at a time, and used SIGIR staff to work on a book about the broad lessons of Iraq reconstruction."--Jenny Mandel