Among the discoveries made by Ms. Shenwick and shared with Members of Congress: Gross nepotism at the U.S. Mission to the U.N.; Conflicts of interest in appointments and contracting; Misrepresentations by members of the U.S. Mission staff of the existence and waste and mismanagement at the U.N; Failure by U.S. Mission staff to deal with overbudgeting of U.N. peacekeeping operations, resulting in the overbilling of U.S. taxpayers; Theft and mishandling of cash in U.N. peacekeeping operations in Somalia; In short, Linda Shenwick learned that the U.S. mission was squandering American taxpayer dollars.