Most of Whitehurst's allegations were not substantiated some important ones were. The investigation spanned more than eighteen months and addressed a very large number of allegations. We also investigated problems that we ourselves identified in the course of our investigation, as well as information brought to our attention by other employees in the Laboratory. scientist employed in the FBI Laboratory. The allegations were brought to the OIG's attention by Supervisory Special Agent Frederic Whitehurst, a Ph.D. The allegations implicated fundamental aspects of law enforcement: the reliability of the procedures employed by the FBI Laboratory to analyze evidence, the integrity of the persons engaging in that analysis, and the trustworthiness of the testimony by FBI Laboratory examiners. Circuit Judge Robert Vance (which was referred to within the FBI as the VANPAC case). Those allegations involved some of the most significant prosecutions in the recent history of the Department of Justice, including the World Trade Center bombing, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the mail bomb assassination of U.S. This investigation by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concerned allegations of wrongdoing and improper practices within certain sections of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Laboratory. Office of the Inspector General, Department of Justice The FBI Laboratory: An Investigation into Laboratory PracticesĪlleged Misconduct in Explosives-Related and Other Cases
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