Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency chief sexually harassed staffers for 7 years, IG finds
Tom Vanden Brook
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – The former civilian head of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency sexually harassed two women in his office for seven years, subjecting one woman to unwanted attention and photographing her buttocks and massaging another woman during a "mentoring" session, according to a Pentagon Inspector General's report released Wednesday.
John James retired earlier this year as the inspector general's office continued its investigation. James, the former executive director of the agency, told investigators that his interactions with the women were attempts to "mentor" them.
USA TODAY obtained the report under the Freedom of Information Act. Bloomberg News first reported that a senior official had quit his post after the investigation had begun.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/16/top-pentagon-official-sexually-harassed-women-seven-years-ig-says/5819604002/
