How A State Department IG Weaponized His Post To Take Down A War Hero Diplomat
The purpose of appointing inspectors general is to ensure no one is above the law. Instead of guarding this public trust, State Department IG Steve Linick weaponized it.
By Susan Yoshihara
May 28, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told critics of his decision to fire State Department Inspector General (IG) Steve Linick, “Frankly, I should have done it some time ago.†Pompeo would not specify how Linick undermined the department’s mission, the stated reason for his firing. It becomes obvious, however, when we look at the damage Linick did to the Bureau of International Organizations beginning three years ago, just as it was investigating the Chinese United Nations stranglehold.
Assistant Secretary of State Kevin Moley, the State Department’s top diplomat in charge of international organization affairs, quietly retired from public service last November, after five decades. This came after two years of Linick’s prying, if not outright hostility, helped by the president’s Democratic opponents on Capitol Hill, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/28/how-a-state-department-ig-weaponized-his-post-to-take-down-a-war-hero-diplomat/
