Culture of Corruption Lives On
While a little late to the party gathering information on the story about Gerald Walpin being fired by the White House as Inspector General of Americorps turns up some other interesting tidbits.
Without looking for more, two pieces written by Walpin, one at the NY Daily News and one at the Wall Street Journal illuminate what may be something of a thing for Walpin. Apparently he finds it very distasteful that military recruiters are not that welcome on some school campuses. That is said since both pieces are on the same subject and written several years apart, one in 2005, the other in 2008.
Another accidental find shows 2008 campaign contributions for Walpin to the war chests of former Senator Dole, former GOP Senator Specter and Presidential candidates Giuliani and McCain.
The other noticeable trend is aside from the Washington Examiner and ABC News there does not seem to be much attention being paid by the remainder of the MSM on this story. That is not a big surprise.
So we have a guy who went to Yale Law School in the fifties who expresses principles in two reviewed articles, appears to be politically aligned with the right, defends the military’s right to recruit on campus and gets fired for exposing waste or corruption in the federal government which happens to be his job as an Inspector General.
It seems reasonable to assume that if one looks further based on this little bit of information more interesting facts and figures could be gleaned about Gerald Walpin. But what is of more importance of course is the original story. What waste or corruption did Gerald Walpin uncover or expose? Why was he fired? Who else is involved in the story?
Walpin had finished a report on a probe in Sacramento and one involving City University of New York. He was being fired by Norm Eisen, Special Counsel to the President for Ethics and Government Reform. Both probes feature the ‘extensive’ misuse of Americorps funds.
Senator Grassley has entered the fray demanding perhaps any and all information related to this investigation. You can follow this if you haven’t already by clicking HERE.
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