{"id":37756,"date":"2013-09-28T08:47:59","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T12:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37756"},"modified":"2013-09-28T08:47:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T12:47:59","slug":"epa-phony-soldiercia-agent-rips-off-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37756","title":{"rendered":"EPA phony soldier\/CIA agent rips off agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff sends us a link to the Washington Post<\/a> which reports that John C. Beale, an EPA employee, cost them thousands of dollars while he was employed by them. He convinced several supervisors that he was also a CIA agent, that during his (non-existent) service in Vietnam he contracted malaria that needed lots of medical attention. Besides the amount of work he missed, he also charged some trips to Las Vegas to the agency;<\/p>\n

John C. Beale duped a series of supervisors, including top officials of the EPA\u2019s Office of Air and Radiation, disappearing from the office and explaining his absences by telling his bosses that he was doing top-secret work for the CIA and its \u201cdirectorate of operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

He lied about contracting malaria (he didn\u2019t) while he served in Vietnam (all his military service was in the United States) to obtain a parking space reserved for the disabled that cost the EPA $8,000 over three years. He took personal trips to Los Angeles for which he charged the government more than $57,000, according to new court filings.<\/p>\n

In all, Beale was paid for 21 \/ 2 years of work he did not perform since early 2000 and received about $500,000 in \u201cretention bonuses\u201d he did not deserve for nearly two decades, according to court papers and interviews.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the article, no one in the EPA bothered to check on his claims. Probably because it’s not their money that he was stealing. Most of the people I know in the EPA are guilt-ridden Vietnam Era hippies who wouldn’t know a veteran if he came to work in tiger stripe fatigues and camouflage face paint. <\/p>\n

Even during the probe, which began in March, Beale continued to insist that he could not be interviewed because of his work for the CIA, Sullivan said. Only when investigators offered to question him in a secure room at the agency\u2019s Langley headquarters did he admit he had no connection to the CIA, Sullivan said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Way to commit to the lie, Beale. But, he cost taxpayers more than $800k with his lies. The article says he’s been a phony spook since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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