Q&A: US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen
The veteran American investigator talks about the large-scale, institutionalized corruption that continues to plague Iraq, including the recent shakeup at the Central Bank.
SIGIR chief Stuart Bowen (right) with other inspectors general at a Congressional war contracting hearing in 2010. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - Eight years ago, the U.S. Congress created an investigative office specifically to track down potential corruption and misuse of both dinars and dollars in Iraq.
The American occupation is over, but the tenure of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) was extended, despite opposition from the State Department.
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