By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
Updated: 5:42 a.m. ET Sept 19, 2007
... Two officials, John DeDona, former assistant inspector-general for investigations, and Ralph McNamara, the former deputy assistant inspector-general for investigations, have resigned in protest of Mr Krongard's activities, Mr Waxman said.
Some of the allegations include claims the inspector general prevented state department investigators from seizing evidence they believe would have implicated a large department contractor in Afghanistan of procurement fraud.
Former officials also said Mr Krongard barred internal investigators from co-operating with a justice department investigation into allegations that a large private security contractor was smuggling weapons into Iraq.
Two former state department employees also alleged that the inspector-general weakened audit reports by repeatedly asking they be revised and refusing to publish them until critical points about the department had been removed ...
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