Ben Carson Outlines Plan to Monitor Gov’t Employees for Misconduct

KEILAR: “I want to ask you about another topic that you commented on recently. You talked about having a -- you said you were looking seriously at having a covert division basically amongst government workers so that they could kind of keep tabs on other government employees with the aim of improving efficiency. Can you tell us a little bit more about what you meant by that? How does that improve efficiency?” 
CARSON (via phone): “Well, you know, in the private sector, things tend to run considerably more efficiently than they do in the government. And one of the reasons is because there is accountability. And we need to have accountability with government just as we do in the private sector. In order to have that accountability, it's important for their work to be monitored. That's what I'm talking about. Nothing more complex than that.” 
KEILAR: “So you're talking about maybe -- I mean, I think of sort of how things work, even in news divisions. There might be a review process where supervisors or even peer reviews over someone's performance. But that, to me, sounds different than a covert division of people who, as you said, look like the people who are in this room and are amongst their co-workers and are essentially spying or keeping tabs on them. I mean, are those different things or do you mean the same thing?” 
CARSON (via phone): “How better to determine the efficacy of what people are doing than to have those that you're supposed to be serving be able to monitor their work and report on it?” 
KEILAR: “But a covert division, can you just explain what you would mean by that? Would you hire people to essentially be spies in the work place?” 
CARSON (via phone): “And by that I mean -- by that I mean -- by that I mean they wouldn't necessarily know when somebody came in if that was somebody who was monitoring their work or if it was somebody whom they're supposed to be providing service. That being the case, my suspicion is that they would treat everybody as they might be somebody who's monitoring and that will improve efficiency.” 
KEILAR: “OK. Thank you for clarifying your remark. Dr. Ben Carson calling in for us from Iowa. I appreciate you talking with us.” 
CARSON (via phone): “My pleasure.”