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EPA agents diverted to do personal chores for chief

Criminal investigators return rental car for Christie Whitman's
husband, hold table at restaurant

By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press
First published: Sunday, April 27, 2003

WASHINGTON -- Environmental Protection Agency criminal agents
are being diverted from their normal investigative work to provide
security and drivers for agency chief Christie Whitman -- and getting
long lists of do's and don'ts to keep her happy.

EPA agents assigned to investigate environmental crimes have at times
been ordered to perform more personal tasks, such as returning a rental
car for Whitman's husband after a trip or sitting at a table until the
administrator arrived for a restaurant reservation, according to
interviews with several EPA senior managers.

The lists of do's and don'ts instruct agents who chauffeur the EPA
administrator to ensure they rent only a Lincoln Town Car, tune the
radio to smooth jazz or classical music and set the volume low, and
keep an eye out for a Starbucks coffee shop or Barnes & Noble
bookstore...

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