VA-Office of the Inspector General (VA-OIG) appears to be part of cover-up.
07-15-2005 Letter from Dr. J. Fudin to VA-Inspector General (redacted)
04-20-2000 VA-Inspector General persuades FBI not to investigate
06-12-1996 Fudin receives letter from NYS Department of Health, Office of Medical Misconduct, turning over the full investigation of research violations, patient abuse, and misappropriation of research funds to the VA Inspector General. Of note, Dr. Larry Flesh, Chief of Staff at the Stratton VA (at the time) was on the NYS Committee for investigating medical misconduct.