WASHINGTON, D.C. : Reporter Who Broke Boorda Story Fired

The media inquiry that led to the suicide of Chief of Naval Operations Jeremy M. “Mike” Boorda has claimed another victim. Roger Charles, the reporter who broke the story on Boorda’s right to wear certain combat decorations, has been fired in the wake of a backlash against his employer, the National Security News Service. The reason, his bosses said, is that donations to the nonprofit group have dropped since the Boorda tragedy in May, leaving the news service with a $60,000 deficit.