Inspector General Refuses Probe into Ukraine Starlink Slowdowns, Citing Contracts
For voters worried about accountability, the Pentagon’s watchdog says it won’t investigate, while Congress’s request is dismissed as a contractual issue.
The Pentagon inspector general declined to open an investigation into Starlink disruptions in Ukraine.
The War Department Office of Inspector General also turned down a request from Congress to probe this month’s slowdown of SpaceX platforms used by Ukraine.
The decision came about two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators urged the inspector general to investigate which U.S. officials were responsible for the slowdowns, but the watchdog told lawmakers it was a contractual matter.
Original reporting
Washington Examiner
Pentagon inspector general declines to open Starlink investigation
The War Department Office of Inspector General has declined a request from members of Congress to open an investigation into this month’s controversial slowdown of SpaceX platforms used by Ukraine. The decision comes about two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators urged the inspector general to investigate which U.S. officials were responsible for slowdowns […]
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Pentagon inspector general declines to investigate Starlink disruptions in Ukraine
The watchdog told lawmakers it was a contractual matter.
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- The Pentagon inspector general declined to open an investigation into Starlink disruptions in Ukraine.
- The War Department Office of Inspector General declined a request from members of Congress to open an investigation into this month's controversial slowdown of SpaceX platforms used by Ukraine.
- The decision came about two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators urged the inspector general to investigate which U.S. officials were responsible for the slowdowns.
- The watchdog told lawmakers it was a contractual matter.
- Pentagon inspector general
- War Department Office of Inspector General
- Congress
- SpaceX
- Ukraine
- this month
- about two weeks
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