SENATOR TO PRESS ARMY ON TECHNICAL ADVICE TO CITIZENS AT CLEANUP SITES

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) plans to question the Defense Department (DOD) on the Army's recent move to restrict the type of cleanup advice that can be offered by an independent expert hired, via DOD funding, by a citizen advisory panel at a contaminated Army site, according to a source with the senator's office. The move to restrict the expert's advice has alarmed citizens, who fear the consultant will be "muzzled," unable to offer key advice on a heavily contaminated area...