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...controls," leaving some fiscal reporting systems "either weak or non-existent." The audit charges that the CPA left large portions of the $8.8 billion Iraqi treasury "open to fraud, kickbacks, and misappropriation of funds," according to a draft obtained by TIME. The report was written by Stuart Bowen, a lawyer from Texas who became special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction. His audit cites Bremer for lax accounting (on one payroll, for instance, only 602 of the 8,206 names could be confirmed, with no paper trail for the rest of the cash) and inadequate disclosure (the CPA allowed Iraqi officials...
...down the prosecution route," Clarke said, "but in the event that we can't do that, I'm not prepared to ... allow these people to succeed." The human-rights community is up in arms. "House arrest seems to be something that happens in places like Burma," said lawyer Louise Christian, who represents two of the four British detainees who returned from Guantánamo Bay last week. A major concern is that the Home Secretary, not a court, would impose a control order, and also that "people may not be allowed to know the evidence held against them," says Doug...
...they fell short. He fired his brother Dick from directing the show (Dick then directed Merv Griffin's daytime schmoozathon). He summarily canned Art Stark, who had produced Who Do You Trust? and, for its first five years, the Carson Tonight Show. He broke up rancorously with his agent-lawyer-manager Henry (Bombastic) Bushkin. He also divorced his first three wives. In an uncharacteristically revealing moment in the 60s, Carson said that a man has to choose, and realize, which is more important, his family or his job. For him, he said...
...Arryx, Grier and Dufresne's 16-trap breakthrough was so exciting that the University of Chicago, where they were based, showcased their work to Lewis Gruber, a biotech entrepreneur and patent lawyer. Within months, he had invested in the technology, and Arryx was born, with Gruber as chief executive. Grier, who is now a professor at New York University, is the company's chief scientific adviser. Grier and company have long since replaced the plastic with a liquid-crystal device, which they build into a small, box-shaped machine that you could call a cell catcher. The technology is used...
...Justice and the president of the Supreme People's Court. Moreover, police chiefs have increasingly taken over these committees all across China. Despite Hu's rhetoric about adhering to the rule of law, "prospects for judicial independence under Hu do not look good," says a prominent Beijing-based defense lawyer...