k.j. sloan was the head of this ethics review panel. issued a report that basically said the way we're doing this -- these reports of data on wait times is a sham, and after she -- and made some recommendations. what she says is none of the recommendations were carried out. what did change was she was dismissed as the ethics coordinator. >> brown: now, also this week, the u.s. office of special council released a report criticizing the v.a. but also its investigative officer for not taking seriously the internal complaints, probably of the very kind that we've just been hearing about. >> right. now, there's a couple of different levels. first of all, you've got the office of the inspector general had done quite a number of investigations and found this wait time problem existed and then it's come pounded by the -- compounded by the office of medical inspector which looks at complaints within the v.a. that are said to directly implicate the health and well-being of patients. and they were looking at these and coming back with reports tha