What Do They Say About Cookies Crumbling?
For the moment, we’re just talking about the singular cookie, the guy in charge of making sure no one was stealing money from our Baghdad Embassy project and also making sure that some jacked up contractors don’t kill Iraqi civilians.
Embattled State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard, under fire for allegedly impeding probes into problems with construction of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and with security firm Blackwater Worldwide, submitted his resignation Friday.
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In an e-mail to his staff, obtained by McClatchy, Krongard said that he plans to leave the government by Jan. 15.
In a reference to the upheaval in the inspector general’s office in recent months, he told his staff: "I also ask you, frankly, to make an effort to reduce the static that interferes with the harmony we would like to achieve."
There was no immediate comment from the State Department.
Though it’s beginning to feel like the big cookie is finally beginning to give way itself.