Army to Probe Its Investigators

The Army is investigating claims that its own investigators coerced witnesses and targeted only blacks, including the service’s former top enlisted man, for sexual-misconduct prosecution, a newspaper reported. Acting Army Secretary Robert M. Walker has ordered the Army’s inspector general, Lt. Gen. Larry R. Jordan, to conduct the investigation, The Baltimore Sun reported. The newspaper said Walker ordered Jordan to determine whether Army agents used “inappropriate techniques and procedures, knowingly pursued racially motivated allegations and were themselves racially biased while investigating allegations of sex offenses.”