for more we're joined by craig whitlock, national security reporter at the "washington post." and, craig, thank you for coming back. let's start with how did these charges even come to light, even come to be investigated? >> hi, margaret. the charges came from three whistle-blowers, each of whom works at dover air force base at the mortuary. these were embalmers and technicians who worked there for a number of years and they filed complaints with a number of agencies, including the inspector general of the air force, with the department of defense, and with the office of special counsel and this happened in about april and may 2009 and that's what... excuse america 2010, and that's what prompted the investigations. the. >> warner: and what is the major point of disagreement here between the air force probe and the office of special counsel which seems quite a bit harsher. >> it is quite a bit harsher, margaret. the air force as you noted earlier investigated these allegations in detail and while they did find a pattern of quote/unquote gross mismanagement they found that these

for more we're joined by craig whitlock, national security reporter at the "washington post." and, craig, thank you for coming back. let's start with how did these charges even come to light, even come to be investigated? >> hi, margaret. the charges came from three whistle-blowers, each of whom works at dover air force base at the mortuary. these were embalmers and technicians who worked there for a number of years and they filed complaints with a number of agencies, including the inspector general of the air force, with the department of defense, and with the office of special counsel and this happened in about april and may 2009 and that's what... excuse america 2010, and that's what prompted the investigations. the. >> warner: and what is the major point of disagreement here between the air force probe and the office of special counsel which seems quite a bit harsher. >> it isuite a bit harsher, margaret. the air force as you noted earlier investigated these allegations in detail and while they did find a pattern of quote/unquote gross mismanagement they found that these in