Pentagon only partly investigated Senator Landrieu’s concerns
In a stunning show of apparent bureaucratic ineptitude, or perhaps tacit collusion, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (DOD) ignored US Senator Mary Landrieu’s call for a federal investigation into alleged wrongdoing by the US Army Corps of Engineers and instead focused only on Levees.org, one of the whistleblowers. The Pentagon concluded that […]
Pentagon says “no further action needed” on Corps Internet Scandal in New Orleans
The Pentagon’s Inspector General office has issued a response to Senator Mary Landrieu’s recent request for a federal investigation. In August, Senator Landrieu asked that the Army look into allegations by the founder and former editor in chief of NOLA.com of an organized campaign by the Corps of Engineers to undercut its critics. In a […]
Levees.org goes Big Apple!
Levee failure and flooding is not a New Orleans problem, nor a “sea-level” problem. That’s why Levees.org has satellite chapters in four states besides Louisiana including FL, CA, IL and OR. And this month, Levees.org launched its sixth chapter: New York. Its director is Brian Schaffer (New York City) with over 10 years of corporate […]
