Will Obama Fire a Scandal-Plagued Watchdog?

Lawmakers and watchdog groups are ramping up the pressure on President Obama to fire the Commerce Department’s Inspector General Todd Zinser—amid allegations that the watchdog has retaliated against whistleblowers attempting to expose wrongdoing at this agency. Last week, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), the ranking Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee said she would be asking the president to remove Zinser from his top post at the IG’s office. Her statement on t