European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 10, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7 Tail Hook lawyers Chip at Kelso s Story witnesses place Admiral at scene of Rowdy ism Norfolk a. A attorneys for a Navy com Mantaj acing a Tail Hook court martial said monday that they Cave witnesses placing the chief of naval operations adm. Frank b. Kelso ii in an area where women were grabbed during the Rowdy . Thomas r. Miller allegedly knew women were being groped by Junior officers on a third floor Patio of the Las vegas Hilton on the convention s final night sept. 7, 1991, but did nothing to Stop it prosecutor said. Kelso has said he was at the Patio sept. 6, 1991, the night before dozens of women were sexually assaulted by Navy and Marine corps  s lawyer said two Navy admirals and a com Mander have Given statements placing a clip in the same area As Miller on the convention s final night. Cmdr. Steve Pietropaoli a Navy spokesman at the Pentagon said that Kelso s attendance at Tail Hook has been thoroughly investigated and that the Admira stands by his statements that he was not on the third floor the night of sept. 7. Kelso the statements cited by Miller s attorneys rep resent a fraction of the hundreds of interviews of people who attended the convention Pietropaoli said. Miller 47, is charge with dereliction of duty obstruction of Justice an conduct unbecoming an officer. Jury selection i Miller s court martial was scheduled to begin today. It. Cmdr. William Little an attorney for Miller made the Allega Tion against Kelso in seeking a dismissal of charges for undue command influence. Little said Kelso is essentially an accuser of Miller because he appointed the Admiral handling Tail Hook disciplines. However Little noted Kelso himself has received a letter of caution As a result of activities at the Tail Hook convention. Capt. William t. Vest the judge for Miller s Case asked the attorneys to try to locate the three witnesses and determine whether they stand by statements they made about Kelso to Pentagon investigators. Kelso was among 30 admirals who received non uni Tive administrative action for attending the convention. Navy Secretary John h. Dalton initially recommended that Kelso be forced to resign for Lack of leadership Over Tail Hook but defense Secretary Les Aspin rejected that recommendation. Miller was the commander of a Squadron at Nas Whitbey Island in Washington state at the time of Tail Hook. His second in command cmdr. Gregory Tritt also is facing a Tail Hook trial As is a Junior officer in the Squadron it. David samples. Ski whistle Blower loses round on reprisal claim by George Lardner  Washington Post Washington a watchdog Agency has decided to take no further action on allegations by a scientist who worked on strategic defense initiative projects that the. Army took reprisals against him for whistle blowing Aldric Saucie charged that he was ver Bally and physically abused at the army strategic defense come for his complaints about waste fraud and mis management in the program. He said he would Appeal the recent decision by the office of special counsel to the Merit systems Protection Board. The inspector general s office of the defense department investigated Sau Cier s underlying allegations of waste fraud and mismanagement such As his complaints of unauthorized destruction in 1989 of costly studies. But the office concluded last february that there was no violation of Law Rule or regulation in the incidents at Issue. Deputy inspector general Derek  Schaaf said for instance that while a Large number of studies were destroyed by a Sec contractor in 1989, nothing in the contract or in regulation prohibited their  the office of special counsel an in dependent Agency charged with protect ing whistle blowers said it conducted an exhaustive investigation of its own under the whistle Blower Protection act into Saucier s reprisal allegations an Agency official who asked not to renamed said we did not find evidence of a prohibited personnel practice that would warrant our proceeding with corrective  a physical scientist at the strategic defense come Saucier dealt with missile and laser technology. From january 1987to january 1988, he was detailed to the Pentagon s strategic defense initiative office. The office of special counsel said i could not release details of its reprisal investigation because of privacy considerations. 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