I watched the CBS story ... a couple click-throughs from the above link. They make some pretty strong implications, but strangely they don't ask or answer any of the pertinent questions.
1) What exactly is Dr. Schinazi's role at the VA? Obvious question and they didn't ask it.
2) Was Dr. Schinazi working on any Hepatitis C projects, or specifically drug research on behalf of the VA or any other government entity during this period of time? It's an easy question to ask, and yet they didn't.
3) Was Dr. Schinazi using VA or government facilities, grants or other assets to carry out his research? Again, it's a simple question to ask and yet they didn't.
4) Was the VA aware of Dr. Schinazi's outside drug development companies? They play a bit with this issue but don't actually explain it to the viewer.
Absolutely the VA was aware .... Schinazi has developed many drugs for HIV to the point that 80% of all HIV infected people are taking some type of drug he developed .... virus research is his specialty. In drug development circles the man is about a legend.
With the money he has made, it really seems unnecessary, financially, for him to continue working for the VA ... and yet he does.
Think about that.
My father worked as a nurse anesthetist for a VA hospital for a number of years and I can assure you, they are not top salary payers there. So why would Dr. Schinazi work for the VA if he's independently wealthy and the system doesn't even pay well?
Maybe CBS is devolving into TMZ.