About Glenn Walp : It is that alleged interference in an on-going investigation that seems to have spurred lab whistleblowers to send internal Los Alamos documents to the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), a Washington nonprofit watchdog. They revealed substantial thefts of government property and refusals by lab managers to report the thievery. Walp and Doran have confirmed many of the allegations contained in the documents.
The whistleblowers wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation by lab or Energy Department managers. Former U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski once characterized Energy's treatment of whistleblowers as "If there is a problem, classify it, hide it, and get rid of the people who brought it up." The whistleblower documents charge lab managers with a concerted effort to bury this scandal and keep it away from "the public, DOE, federal law enforcement agencies, political oversight groups, and especially the media." The lab's subsequent dismissal of Walp and Doran justified the whistleblowers' fears.
The settlement, "represents a solid victory for all Americans whose hard earned monies were egregiously wasted and misused by leaders and managers at the Los Alamos Lab," said Walp in announcing the settlement. "Hopefully, this settlement will initiate the dawn of a new approach wherein all national lab contractors conscientiously strive to be wise stewards of tax dollars, and aggressively and appropriately address the issues of corruption and crime."
About Glenn Walp “For a whistleblower case with a contract with the government, it’s an incredibly large settlement,” said Louis Clark, executive director of the Government Accountability Project. “And it sets a very good precedent, too.“
Glenn Walp Services The media -- and Congress -- then took hold of the case and heads began to roll. In January, lab director John Browne was forced to resign. Shortly thereafter, Walp and Doran were offered new positions as security consultants at the University of California.
Doran took the job, which put him in charge of security at all of the university's facilities -- including Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley national laboratories.
Glenn Walp Ironically, in July Busboom had written in Walp's performance appraisal that he had the "potential and aspirations to have a positive and lasting impact on the laboratory-very effective performer." Too effective, apparently, for his own good-at least at Los Alamos.
The documents also depict program managers complaining of disruptions and delays in critical lab national security projects as a result of the theft of lab property. The new scandal is another blow to Los Alamos' credibility as a responsible steward of the nation's nuclear secrets.
CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News, a Los Angeles Times editorial, and Adam Rankin of the Albuquerque Journal have covered the story. But it deserves far more attention because of its national security implications. Lab and University of California officials have limited their public comments, and have denied that classified information was compromised. Los Alamos spokesperson Linn Tytler did put a happy face on the scandal by telling local reporters that the lab had accounted for all but about $100,000 of property in 2001. The laboratory claimed it earned an "outstanding" rating for its property inventory for the year, a claim subsequently repeated by the lab's director. But an internal memo put the actual 2001 loss at $1.3 million, or ten times higher than Tytler's claim.
Glenn Walp Bio After retiring from the State police, he accepted a position as Chief of Police for the City of Bullhead City, Arizona.After completing a 5-year contract with Bullhead City, he accepted a job as Chief of the Arizona Capitol Police.Predicated on the terrorism events of September 11, 2001, he accepted an offer by the University of California to be Office Leader of the Office of Security Inquiries at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.Because of his superior investigative efforts, he became a personal consultant to the President of the University, assisting him in addressing matters related to the protection of national nuclear secrets.
