John Sopko is the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Prior to this role he was a partner at Akin Gump, and he previously served as Chief Counsel for Oversight and Investigations for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, General Counsel and Chief Oversight Counsel for the House Select Committee on Homeland Security and as staff on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
This episode references:
- The Inspector General Act of 1978, As Amended
- 2008 National Defense Authorization Act, SIGAR authorities at Section 1229
- SIGAR's 2019 High Risk List
- Interactive High Risk List
- SIGAR's April 30, 2020 Quarterly Report to Congress
- Counternarcotics: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan
- Reintegration of Ex-Combatants: Lessons from the U.S.Experience in Afghanistan
- Washington Post, "The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War", December 9, 2019
- Cleveland.Com "John Sopko fought the Mafia in Cleveland and now he's fighting fraud and corruption in Afghanistan", updated January 12, 2019