Word: obstructionism
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No such luck. If anything, the heat in Stewart's kitchen is rising. Investigators say they are looking into possible obstruction of justice by Stewart, stemming from what they suspect are false statements about her sale of 3,928 shares of stock in drug company ImClone a day before it...
For much of 2001, the partners at Arthur Andersen battled behind closed doors over Enron, a demanding, rule-bending client that paid Andersen more than $50 million a year. At Enron's behest, an Andersen partner considered "too rule oriented" was taken off the account. But the head of the...
Duncan is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice. Now he must endure cross-examination by Andersen's lawyers, who will argue that his account is tainted by his desire to win a light sentence.
When Iraq accepted the terms of the 1991 Gulf War cease-fire, it agreed to "destroy, or render harmless," all its weapons of mass destruction. The last U.N. weapons inspectors left Iraq in December 1998, after obstruction by officials there rendered their work pointless. It is generally agreed that Saddam...
Columbia coach Christine Vogt ’94 was hoping for an obstruction call on Goldberg under the argument that she was playing the runner and not the ball. But Allard—and ultimately the umpires—felt Goldberg was making a sufficient charge.