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FBI abuses security clearance to 'purge' conservatives, views them as ‘unworthy’ of employment: whistleblower
The FBI harbors “security concerns” about political conservatives and views them as “unworthy” of employment, according to recent whistleblower disclosures reviewed by The Post, which allege the security clearance process...
Pentagon watchdog doesn’t know how much overseas gain-of-function research is done with US funds — despite $1.4B spent: report
The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the inconclusive results Thursday of its congressionally mandated audit into funding that could have resulted in diseases becoming more virulent.
Teamsters pension returns $127M to Treasury after overpaying fund with almost 3,500 dead participants
The Teamsters pension fund returned $127 million in overpayments to the US Treasury this week — months after an internal investigation revealed the kitty had nearly 3,500 dead members. Thomas...
Biden fires railroad inspector general over toxic work environment allegations
President Biden on Friday fired a longtime official with the US Railroad Retirement Board after a probe determined he created a toxic work environment at the federal agency.
MTA workers caught buying possible stolen goods after being accused of boozing on the job
The MTA caught two workers buying "unknown merchandise" -- believed to be stolen goods -- from shady individuals at MTA trailers in Manhattan.
Watchdog to probe Pete Buttigieg’s use of private government planes
A memo issued by the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General on Monday revealed plans by the watchdog to audit Buttigieg’s use of Federal Aviation Administration planes for official...
Biden's State of Union proves he'll keep playing us for suckers
Watching President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech was like being cornered by a drunken lout who endlessly yanks on your shirt sleeve and babbles about all the favors...
Trooper lover of Cuomo daughter said he was 'voluntold' to go away
The state trooper said it was hardly his idea to get transferred to the North County after getting hot and heavy in the spring of 2020 with Cara Kennedy-Cuomo.
Trooper was transferred to post near Canada after Melissa DeRosa blew whistle on affair with Cuomo's daughter
Dane Pfeiffer was sent to administrative Siberia in the spring 2020 after then-Gov. Cuomo's top aide tipped his bosses off about the budding romance between Pfeiffer and Cara Kennedy-Cuomo
Dems want DHS IG off Jan 6. probe over missing Secret Service texts
Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Rep. Bennie Thompson accused Joseph Cuffari of a “lack of transparency and independence" in the probe of missing Secret Service text messages.
DHS launches criminal probe into deleted Secret Service texts possibly related to Jan. 6: report
So far, the Secret Service has only turned over one text exchange to the OIG after the watchdog asked for more than a month’s worth of records.
Ex-Amtrak employees target of feds' criminal probe over alleged attendance fraud
The employees, a supervisor, two assistant supervisors, two foremen and a driver, stepped down amid a probe by Amtrak’s Inspector General, the official watchdog said in a brief report released...
'Thousands' of MTA workers failed to do NY state sexual harassment training
"Thousands" of MTA employees did not complete New York state's mandatory sexual harassment training in 2017 and 2019, the authority's inspector general said Wednesday.
Record number of complaints filed against MTA last year
The MTA's Inspector General's Office received a record number of complaints last year, according to its newly-released annual report.
John Durham accuses DOJ watchdog of withholding info in Russia probe
Special Counsel John Durham is alleging the Justice Department's internal watchdog has held back information relevant to Durham's probe into the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation.
MTA not yet ready for a surge from congestion pricing toll complaints, IG says
The MTA is not ready to handle the influx of tolling complaints expected from congestion pricing, the authority's inspector general suggested Monday. Transportation Authority officials have done little to study the underlying...
DHS watchdog declined to probe 'whipping' claims against border agents
The DHS Office of Inspector General declined to investigate allegations that border agents used whips against Haitian migrants earlier this year.
Ex-Cuomo aide resigns as NYS inspector general amid probe
Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro -- a former aide to disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo -- resigned from her position Friday, a department spokesperson confirmed to The Post.
Stealing time: MTA exec scammed $21K by lying about work, watchdog finds
Martin Olsen falsely claimed to have worked on 39 days when he never actually showed up, and his boss rubber-stamped the phony timesheets, the report found.
MTA bosses 'misused' credit cards thanks to razor-thin oversight: IG
Lackadaisical oversight let countless illicit purchases on MTA-issued credit cards go undetected, according to an audit released by MTA Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny.