Pentagon Papers

Perspective 2: Accountability
Objective:  Consider three fundamental accountability questions and identify the organizations involved in investigating or auditing the case:
To whom were the public officials accountable? The public is not an acceptable answer. EVERY public official is accountable to the public. In the context of this course, the question requires you to identify the agencies or entities that did or should have ENFORCED accountability in the situation in question. This could include non-governmental organizations. Was there conflict or cooperation or both among the organizations enforcing accountability?
For what were the public officials accountable?
How were they held accountable?
As appropriate, also address the accountability environment of contractors and other private parties and individuals.
What about those who were not public officials?
To whom were they accountable?  For what? How?
What is the source of their accountabilities? Were the accountability expectations of public officials and nonpublic participants reasonable or excessive?
Were the right people held accountable for the right things?