UN
Security's
Bongi Bungles
Testimony, As
Letter Raises
Turkish
Dust-Up
By
Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
June 18 --
While prior
to today's
testimony by
UN Security
Chief David
Bongi seeking
to justify
re-testing his
officers
Inner
City Press
asked, "What
will Bongi
say" -- the
answer has
included, what is
being said about
Bongi?
Two weeks ago
Inner City
Press exclusively
reported on a
UN Dispute
Tribunal
preliminary
injunction
which
confirmed
criticisms
long made of
fairness
in the UN
Department of
Safety and
Security by
whistleblowing
Security
officers and
Inner City
Press.
After
two weeks of
further
testimony,
summarized
below, on June
18 chief David
Bongi was
hauled in
front of the
UNDT or "in
the dock" as
some in
Security put
it.
Here's
from our
whistleblower
reporter's
view of the
day's
proceedings,
followed by
portions of an
explosive
"open letter"
--
Monday,
Bongi
gave his
testimony and
made a blunder
when the
lawyer put a
question to
him regarding
the Personnel
Action form
that contains
some acronym
about funding,
which is what
they are
claiming is
sufficient to
inform us that
we are hired
for the
Capital Master
Plan. The
acronym is
CMO; here is a
short excerpt
of the
Q&A.
Question:
Do
you know the
meaning of
CMO?
Bongi:
Yes
I do it mean
Capital Master
blablabla that
the O is not
realy
define but
anyone with
common sense
will know the
meaning.
Question:
Are
you sure
everyone
should know
the meaning of
CMO?
Bongi:
Yes,
anyone with
common sense
should know
the meaning.
Question:
What
if I told you
that the
Management
laywer said in
the open court
that he
doesn’t know
the meaning?
Bongi:
Eemmm
maybe some
staff don't
know the
meaning of
some acronyms.
That
is
just a little
piece of the
show; it was
all pretty
interesting.
It
all began, in
a sense, with
a leaked
master plan of
promotion
which
Inner City
Press obtained
and published
in 2009
entitled Possible
Transfers
and
Assignments /
Reassignments." The
list
undermined the
credibility of
interviews
that were
being
conducted,
implying that
some decisions
have already
been made.
And
so a Panel was
set
up, in UN
style, to
investigate.
But chief
Bruno Henn
refused to be
interviewed by
the Panel,
Inner City
Press learned.
Inner
City
Press then
covered Bongi
along with
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon, Under
Secretary
General Greg
Starr, failing
to back up UN
Security after
they were
beaten by
guards for
Turkey's
Erdogan.
Inner
City
Press covered
Bongi most
recently after exposing the
cover-up of
14 kilograms
of cocaine in
the UN mail
room. Both
of these
stories
were stolen
without credit
by big
media
at
the UN,
who now after
Inner City
Press
complained have set up
their own
Panel to seek
to
expel
Inner City
Press. The UN
Dispute
Tribunal
probably can't
take
that case: but
a real court
could.
While
Bongi was
testifying on
Monday, an
"Open Letter"
including to
the
Secrtary
General (who
is, again,
traveling) and
diplomats
about Bongi
and his deputy
circulated. It
was nearly
immediately
obtained by
Inner
City Press.
Inner
City Press
sought comment
and input from
Bongi-side DSS
officials, and
there are
portions not
published
below in order
to not invade
privacy.
Previously,
Inner City
Press has
asked the
spokespeople
of the
traveling Ban
Ki-moon to
respond to the
security
officers'
complaints
in the UNDT,
and before
that about
Erdo-gate,
without
meaningful
response. If
such is later
received on
this, it will
be published.
The
portion about
the dust up
between
Turkish
President
Erdogan's
security and
UN DSS,
on which Inner
City Press had the
first
exclusive
reports
which were
widely stolen
or subject to
unauthorized
uncredited use
by big media
at the UN,
seems of most
interest. But
here's how it
starts:
Open
Letter to the
SG, Delegates
and SSS:
Greetings to
every one.
This
pertains
to the current
work
atmosphere
prevailing in
the Safety and
Security
Service which
is full of
anxiety,
distrust and
even contempt
among
colleagues...
To
illustrate
my point,let
me give you
some examples
of his
"bizarre"
brand of
leadership
seemingly
imported from
some shadowy
military
depot:
a)
During
the
preparation
and planning
stages for the
past two GA
Sessions, the
present Chief
had exhibited
on many
occasions his
low
regard to the
ideas/inputs
of veteran
officers who
had decades of
experiences
running the
security
operations of
such GA
debates. He
had outright
assumed that
security
preparations
in the pasts
had been
inadequate,therefore,
the
implication of
which, is that
we had been
found wanting
in our job and
that our
efforts then
were mediocre!
What an
arrogant,boastful
and insidious
attitude! A
dubious way of
inspiring your
subordinates
to perform
better.
Interestingly,
you
don't see him
with this
demeanor when
he is dealing
with Host
country
security
entities where
he appears as
the "energetic
building
superintendent"
eager to
please the
building
owners! Even
more,
he looks like
he is working
more
comfortably
with the host
country
outfits than
with the
organization
that currently
employs him!
We
will have more
on this --
watch this
site.
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