Another salvo has been fired at the controversial US missile defence system by one of its own investigators. An engineer employed by an investigative government watchdog, the Washington DC-based Government Accountability Office, has accused the GAO of covering up the failed test-firing of a prototype missile.
“The truth is that we withheld crucial information, skewed other information, and colluded with the contractors and the programme officials to put a positive spin on the results of a test that was a failure,” wrote Subrata Ghoshroy in a December letter to California Congress member Howard Berman that was released publicly on Sunday. “I could no longer remain silent.”…
