Houser says he didn't want protracted fight

Paul Houser, the former U.S. Bureau of Reclamation scientific integrity officer who resolved his whistleblower complaint against the government this week, told me this morning he didn't want a protracted investigation.

"I wasn't all that excited about spending the next three years or longer in a protracted investigation and I'll bet they weren't, either," he said.

He had the option of going through a formal investigation or going to mediation through the Office of Special Council. He said it recently took eight years for a fired National Park Service employee to resolve her case.

"I guess I'm grateful this was resolved in record time," he said. "I'm hoping the science part gets resolved because I really am concerned about that."