POINT MUGU : Gay-Rights Activist, Navy Still at Odds
The U.S. Navy did not penalize a civilian worker at the Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center for advocating a repeal of the ban on homosexuals in the military, investigators said.
Thomas A. Swann, 35, who reviews missile contracts at the Point Mugu base, contends that he was moved to a department where co-workers harassed him after he made his views known.
But in a recent letter to Swann’s attorney, the U.S. Navy’s Office of Special Counsel said investigators found no wrongdoing by Point Mugu officials. Swann’s job was changed because of budget cuts, not as a retaliatory measure, said William E. Reukauf, a special counsel prosector.
In an interview this week, Swann dismissed the Special Counsel’s ruling as a case of the Navy protecting itself. The office of special counsel is an arm of the Navy, the gay-rights activist said.
“It was like the Navy investigating themselves.”
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