dr. david wright. dr. wright resigned only days after i started my investigation. in his resignation letter, dr. wright said that bureaucratic red tape was keeping him -- dr. wright -- from doing his job. he said up to 65% of his time was spent -- quote -- "navigat "navigating the remarkably dysfunctional h.h.s. bureaucracy to secure resources and get permission for the office of research integrity to serve the research community." end of quote. now, we ought to take his allegations very seriously. and h.h.s. should do as well. when researchers abuse the public trust, the office of research integrity should use all the powers at its disposal to resolve that problem. i recently learned that dr. hahn has been indicted for four felony counts of making false statements. regardless of the outcome of this indictment, it is encouraging to see an effort to increase accountability for spending of taxpayers' money. also earlier this week, a national institutes of health -- national institutes of health confirmed for "the des moines register" that it would stop the final gran