Acting secretary Peter O’Rourke tried to pull rank over VA Inspector General Michael J. Missal after his complaint that VA’s Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection was not providing requested information. In a letter to Missal last month, O’Rourke said the IG appears “to misunderstand the independent nature of your role and operate as a completely unfettered autonomous agency. You are reminded that OIG [the Office of the Inspector General] is loosely tethered to VA and in your specific case

Source: As inspectors general are celebrated, VA tried to intimidate its IG – The Washington Post