Posted on Dec 15, 2015
2008: VA's Deputy IG allowed to retire despite several documented instances of masturbating in full view of the public. This explains much!
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How could the VA become one of the most scandal-ridden federal agencies in recent history? The following article provides valuable insights into the moral decay of the VA's Deputy Inspector General's office and the trickle down effect on the organization he was assigned to police. Watch for the world-class understatement cleverly inserted within the body of this report.
"In July 2005, with [Jon] Wooditch as acting IG, his staff released a national audit of outpatient scheduling that mentioned false appointment dates were being entered and that secret waiting lists existed, but merely recommended better training and monitoring. The VA wait-list scandal erupted into the national headlines in 2013 and led to the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shenseki in 2014. Congressional investigations of the scandal continue to this day.
Wooditch seemed to have had his hands full with other matters.
He was caught with porn on his work computer in 2003, but VA officials only “counseled” him. Not long afterward, he was promoted to the top job, which he had for about six months. He returned to his post as deputy IG after the Senate confirmed George J. Opfer as permanent IG in November 2005.
Wooditch retired with a federal pension without ever facing administrative discipline or criminal charges. He had testified repeatedly before Congress about integrity at the VA.
Bizarrely, instead of sitting on the complaint [filed by teachers to whom he had exposed himself over the course of a week], Wooditch assigned an investigative unit to track down the offender, as if he either wanted to be caught or didn’t think the IG apparatus would pursue the matter. After surveillance video led investigators to their own boss, the investigation was turned over to the Department of Interior IG. When he was questioned by DOI IG agents, Wooditch “vehemently” denied wrongdoing and called the witnesses “mistaken.” He said, “I do not admit to doing it. I don’t think I did it… I don’t remember even being in there,” according to the report. He refused to take a lie detector test. “Agents asked Wooditch why, given that the VA-OIG routinely employed the polygraph, he did not believe in its accuracy. Wooditch stated, ‘I don’t trust the machines.'”
DOI IG agents also learned during their investigation of a separate incident in Wooditch’s hometown of LeMoyne, Pa. In 2006, they were told, he made an “inappropriate advance” on his next-door neighbor as she was grieving her husband’s death. “She thwarted Wooditch’s romantic advances. Approximately a day or two later, she said Wooditch began to pose nude and masturbate in front of a window that was only viewable from her house” repeatedly, the report said. The woman was one of his wife’s closest friends, and “did not want to file a formal complaint, based on her friendship with Wooditch’s wife,” but did have police warn him to stop. Wooditch lectured the police that he was a “high-level government employee.” When confronted with this additional incident, Wooditch turned in his retirement paperwork. Reached by phone by The Daily Caller News Foundation at home, Wooditch denied everything, saying “I don’t have any comment at all. I didn’t resign, I just retired. I don’t even know what you’re talking about. I’ve never heard that, I’ve never done that.” Federal officials stalled on releasing the IG report after it was sought more than two years ago by this reporter in a Freedom of Information Act request. The Daily Caller News Foundation obtained the report last week through a source who is a current government employee.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/06/va-cop-chose-the-wrong-beat/#ixzz3uMGQUye5
"In July 2005, with [Jon] Wooditch as acting IG, his staff released a national audit of outpatient scheduling that mentioned false appointment dates were being entered and that secret waiting lists existed, but merely recommended better training and monitoring. The VA wait-list scandal erupted into the national headlines in 2013 and led to the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shenseki in 2014. Congressional investigations of the scandal continue to this day.
Wooditch seemed to have had his hands full with other matters.
He was caught with porn on his work computer in 2003, but VA officials only “counseled” him. Not long afterward, he was promoted to the top job, which he had for about six months. He returned to his post as deputy IG after the Senate confirmed George J. Opfer as permanent IG in November 2005.
Wooditch retired with a federal pension without ever facing administrative discipline or criminal charges. He had testified repeatedly before Congress about integrity at the VA.
Bizarrely, instead of sitting on the complaint [filed by teachers to whom he had exposed himself over the course of a week], Wooditch assigned an investigative unit to track down the offender, as if he either wanted to be caught or didn’t think the IG apparatus would pursue the matter. After surveillance video led investigators to their own boss, the investigation was turned over to the Department of Interior IG. When he was questioned by DOI IG agents, Wooditch “vehemently” denied wrongdoing and called the witnesses “mistaken.” He said, “I do not admit to doing it. I don’t think I did it… I don’t remember even being in there,” according to the report. He refused to take a lie detector test. “Agents asked Wooditch why, given that the VA-OIG routinely employed the polygraph, he did not believe in its accuracy. Wooditch stated, ‘I don’t trust the machines.'”
DOI IG agents also learned during their investigation of a separate incident in Wooditch’s hometown of LeMoyne, Pa. In 2006, they were told, he made an “inappropriate advance” on his next-door neighbor as she was grieving her husband’s death. “She thwarted Wooditch’s romantic advances. Approximately a day or two later, she said Wooditch began to pose nude and masturbate in front of a window that was only viewable from her house” repeatedly, the report said. The woman was one of his wife’s closest friends, and “did not want to file a formal complaint, based on her friendship with Wooditch’s wife,” but did have police warn him to stop. Wooditch lectured the police that he was a “high-level government employee.” When confronted with this additional incident, Wooditch turned in his retirement paperwork. Reached by phone by The Daily Caller News Foundation at home, Wooditch denied everything, saying “I don’t have any comment at all. I didn’t resign, I just retired. I don’t even know what you’re talking about. I’ve never heard that, I’ve never done that.” Federal officials stalled on releasing the IG report after it was sought more than two years ago by this reporter in a Freedom of Information Act request. The Daily Caller News Foundation obtained the report last week through a source who is a current government employee.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/06/va-cop-chose-the-wrong-beat/#ixzz3uMGQUye5
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http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/12/07/report-indecent-acts-led-va-fire-ig-official/76923260/
The Department of Veterans Affairs is staying silent following a media report that its former top watchdog resigned for masturbating in front of others, including teachers.
Jon Wooditch, who served as an acting and deputy inspector general, left the department in 2008 after he was caught masturbating at the agency’s all-glass conference room that is visible to the public, according to The Daily Caller. An undisclosed investigation by the Interior Department obtained by the media website said that Wooditch repeatedly denied his lewd conduct.
Wooditch was first caught with pornographic images on his computer in 2003 before the VA “counseled him” on his behavior, according to The Daily Caller. He was promoted to acting IG soon after, until it was announced that George Opfer would become the permanent IG in November 2005.
Under Wooditch’s tenure, the VA disclosed a national audit of outpatient scheduling, which admitted that outpatient wait times were on the rise. It didn't happen until news broke last April that veterans were dying while waiting for care, specifically at the Phoenix VA hospital. Outcry from veterans and public officials sparked VA Secretary Eric Shinseki’s resignation in 2014.
Wooditch had testified multiple times to Congress about the integrity needed to sustain veteran care.
In July 2008, a few teachers staying at the Renaissance Hotel nearby the Washington, D.C., IG headquarters saw a man pleasuring himself over the course of a week — many times.
One teacher, cited in the investigation, said: “He went from rubbing himself over the top of his clothes to disrobing and fondling his penis,” The Daily Caller said. On another day, another teacher saw “Wooditch alone in the VA-OIG conference room naked from the waist up."
Wooditch later denied he was even in the building, although security cameras caught him on tape and a number of teachers picked him out during a photograph lineup.
"The VA Office of Inspector General leadership who would have had knowledge of the allegations and investigation are no longer with the VA OIG," said VA spokeswoman Catherine Gromek. "Because current OIG leadership only recently became aware of the matter, we cannot comment further on the allegations or the investigation," Gromek said on Monday in an email to Military Times.
Wooditch retired with his pension before administrative or criminal charges could be brought against him, The Daily Caller said.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is staying silent following a media report that its former top watchdog resigned for masturbating in front of others, including teachers.
Jon Wooditch, who served as an acting and deputy inspector general, left the department in 2008 after he was caught masturbating at the agency’s all-glass conference room that is visible to the public, according to The Daily Caller. An undisclosed investigation by the Interior Department obtained by the media website said that Wooditch repeatedly denied his lewd conduct.
Wooditch was first caught with pornographic images on his computer in 2003 before the VA “counseled him” on his behavior, according to The Daily Caller. He was promoted to acting IG soon after, until it was announced that George Opfer would become the permanent IG in November 2005.
Under Wooditch’s tenure, the VA disclosed a national audit of outpatient scheduling, which admitted that outpatient wait times were on the rise. It didn't happen until news broke last April that veterans were dying while waiting for care, specifically at the Phoenix VA hospital. Outcry from veterans and public officials sparked VA Secretary Eric Shinseki’s resignation in 2014.
Wooditch had testified multiple times to Congress about the integrity needed to sustain veteran care.
In July 2008, a few teachers staying at the Renaissance Hotel nearby the Washington, D.C., IG headquarters saw a man pleasuring himself over the course of a week — many times.
One teacher, cited in the investigation, said: “He went from rubbing himself over the top of his clothes to disrobing and fondling his penis,” The Daily Caller said. On another day, another teacher saw “Wooditch alone in the VA-OIG conference room naked from the waist up."
Wooditch later denied he was even in the building, although security cameras caught him on tape and a number of teachers picked him out during a photograph lineup.
"The VA Office of Inspector General leadership who would have had knowledge of the allegations and investigation are no longer with the VA OIG," said VA spokeswoman Catherine Gromek. "Because current OIG leadership only recently became aware of the matter, we cannot comment further on the allegations or the investigation," Gromek said on Monday in an email to Military Times.
Wooditch retired with his pension before administrative or criminal charges could be brought against him, The Daily Caller said.
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