Defective pumps broke no rules
Army Corps of Engineers officials did not violate any rules when they allowed defective pumps to be installed after Hurricane Katrina, according to a report by the Defense Department’s inspector general.
The findings in the report will be reviewed by the Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency that handles complaints by whistle-blowers, including a corps engineer who warned in early 2006 that the pumps would not work properly.
James Mitchell, a spokesman for the Office of Special Counsel, said the inspector general’s report was a “truncated investigation” that did not analyze all the technical issues surrounding the pumps.
More to Read
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.