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Cover: Computer-altered photomontage. All photographs from Tony Stone Images. Mountains by Bob Thomason; Denver skyline by Glen Allison; hiker by Barbara Filet...
...program was to be funded privately, not by the Department of Defense. But the investigators concluded in the report that Allison did not follow departmental regulations that forbid Defense employees from participating in matters directly affecting the financial interest of parties with whom they have a "covered relationship," which for Allison would include Harvard. The report said that Allison did not have a grant of authority explicit enough to over-ride the restrictions...
...report cleared Blackwill of vague allegations that he used his post to gain inside information that would help him gain Defense Department funding for a Kennedy School seminar. Also, as a consultant Allison is permitted only to advise on departmental hiring. But the report states that Allison apparently contacted the RAND Corporation, a federally funded research and development center with which the Department of Defense has a contract for services, and asked that the contract be used to provide the services of Blackwill, an independent contractor with RAND, as his advisor at the Vancouver summit with Clinton and Russian president...
...contract administrators apparently discussed the best way to obtain Blackwill's consultation. Reluctant to cite Allison's office as a sponsor because of his consultant status, the report said the two decided to instead cite the Russian, Eurasian and East European Affairs Office as the sponsor. When the assistant deputy undersecretary of defense for that department received a copy, he objected the use of his office's name. The report concluded with regard to Allison's influence on the hiring of Blackwill that "it appears...that his actions were directive rather than advisory in nature and, therefore, exceeded the limitations...
...Allison has refused to peak directly to the press since his nomination. Steve Singer, spokesperson for the Kennedy School, said this week that Allison had not informed the school of any problems with his nomination. "What he does in Washington is separate from what he does here," singer said. Blackwill could not be reached for comment this week