1. Howard J "Cookie" Krongard was an American attorney and government official who served as Inspector General of the Department of State during the George W Bush administration.
13 Facts About Howard Krongard
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Howard Krongard was raised in Baltimore, Maryland in a Jewish family.
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Howard Krongard graduated in 1961 with a degree in history from Princeton University, and was a First Team All-American goaltender in lacrosse, which earned him a place in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
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Howard Krongard graduated from Harvard Law School in 1964, then did postgraduate work at the Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 1964 to 1965.
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From 1996 to 2005, Howard Krongard was a lawyer with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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Howard Krongard served as the Inspector General of the Department of State from May 2,2005, to December 7,2007.
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Aides to Howard Krongard threatened two US State Department investigators with retaliation, including termination of their jobs, if they cooperated with the investigations into Blackwater USA and Howard Krongard, according to a report released by the US House of Representatives.
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Howard Krongard directly interfered with federal prosecutors when they asked his office for help with investigating possible Blackwater arms smuggling.
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On November 14,2007, Howard Krongard testified to Congress, regarding his brother,.
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Howard Krongard had been expected to attend a Blackwater board meeting earlier that week.
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Howard Krongard then called his brother during the ensuing break in the hearings and learned of this conflict of interest for the first time, saying "I'm not my brother's keeper, and we don't discuss our business with each other".
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Howard Krongard lived in the Upper Montclair section of Montclair, New Jersey, for over 30 years, and had a son and a daughter.
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Howard Krongard died after a long battle with cancer on May 3,2023, at the age of 82.