Latschar was suspended before demotion

October 29, 2009 | Posted by javal

Including the discovery of “very dated but inappropriate” images on John Latschar’s computer hard drive among the findings of an Inspector General’s investigation would have “significantly delayed” the release of the agency’s report to the public, a Department of the Interior official has said in a written statement.

The discovery “was neither timely nor germane to the allegations under investigation,” wrote the official, Mary Kendall, the department’s acting inspector general.

“As recent press coverage of these findings has borne out, they would also have likely eclipsed the substantive findings into the 17 allegations that the OIG originally set out to investigate thoroughly and report on objectively,” Kendall wrote.

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