Data Integrity Quotes
The then CIA Director, Allen Dulles, fostered a practice of “adjusting” intelligence reports to support ideological policies and theories that were then in vogue. The agents in the field knew what was wanted and many adjusted their reports to coincide with the overall intelligence and policy. The station chiefs and other supervisors often ignored reports of their agents that they knew were not exactly accurate. Copeland however, just fabricated reports and “information” from sources. The honesty and integrity of the CIA intelligence operations have varied from time to time and depended much on the CIA Director at the time. Allen Dulles, though brilliant and able, fostered an ideological intelligence agency. He even went so far as to lie to the President on several occasions.
Whitmore uncovered massive company underreporting of injury on the forms that were required by Federal law and OSHA regulations. The George W. Bush administration position had been that industrial accidents were much reduced citing the reports which the companies had systematically underreported. Whitmore who was in charge of the OSHA records confirmed the underreporting to the House Committee on Education and Labor. His agency, OSHA, tried to keep him from testifying, but he did so as a private citizen. He was then placed on ‘administrative leave’ and had no access to any OSHA records thereafter. This was an unusual time in American history, and this atypical administration censored government scientists and repeatedly refused to be truthful in Congressional Hearings. It was so bad that the Attorney General resigned in large part over his testimony to Congress.
The FBI’s self promotion over the years is legend. However they have covered up some major shortcomings. One of the most serious was the famous FBI Technical Laboratory which states and cities often use for their case investigations. However, in 1997 some scientists claimed the FBI was not very scientific and its methods were shoddy. The agency denied the accusations but the Justice Department Inspector General conducted a major investigation and found even more major problems that the critics had charged. Later, the American Academy of Science conducted a study and found that the FBI had unscientific procedures and staff who were not scientifically competent. Progress in remedying the situation has been slow as can be seen from {584974}
