Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Cheney Will Probe Charges About SDI
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney will investigate a Pentagon scientist’s charges of mismanagement, waste and abuse of authority in the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. The Office of Special Counsel reported a “substantial likelihood” that the allegations were well-founded, and also conferred “whistleblower” protection on the accuser, Aldric Saucier, who was fired from the Army’s Strategic Defense Command.
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