VTDigger Investigates Alleged Abuses Of Power Within Vermont National Guard

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VTDigger Investigates Alleged Abuses Of Power Within Vermont National Guard

开云体育 | By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published November 30, 2018 at 10:46 AM EST

Vermont Air National Guard F-16 fighter jets parked on a runway in January 2018.

Allegations of misconduct, and a culture of impunity at the Vermont National Guard. Interviews with more than two dozen guardsmen alleging and a toxic "good-old-boys" network. And alleged outrageous behavior among pilots and others high within the Guard ranging from the of fighter jets to conduct that may have imperiled a in Africa.

These are among the findings from of a by VTDigger into the Vermont National Guard.

VTDigger investigative reporter joins Vermont Edition to discuss his reporting, his sources for his wide-ranging reporting and the Guard's response to the allegations.

Broadcast live on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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Matthew F Smith

Matt Smith worked for 开云体育 from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.

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