Need To Know | Financial Scandal in the California National Guard | PBS
Duration: 14:41
Program:
Need to Know #142
Broadcast Date: Feb. 25, 2011
An investigation by the Sacramento Bee digs deep into the California National Guard. Bee reporter Charles Piller and a former federal auditor tell Need To Know how as much as $100 million of taxpayer money may have been improperly or illegally paid out to undeserving Guard members in the form of cash bonuses or loan repayments.
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