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Harvard University Police Department officers arrived at the scene minutes later and sent the man off with a warning, Osborne said...
...This [job on the commission] requires a sort of dispassionate look—her distance might allow her to see things that insiders might not recognize,” Venky said. “If you take Livermore Labs, they have some of the very large laser facilities and they make nuclear weapons: Dean Murray had to manage complex systems in that environment and manage the risks in those complex systems...
Geophysics and Engineering Sciences Professor James R. Rice said that while he does not think Murray has "any specific experience" with oil- and petroleum-related issues, Murray's time at Livermore Labs represents a crucial element of her work history that "properly equips" Murray for her role on the commission...
Rice, who said that he was “astonished by the rate at which the oil was coming out,” said that creating a committee in which all members are highly knowledgeable about every detail of the committee's charge—in this case, the BP oil spill—is nearly impossible, particularly given the sheer size of the current catastrophe. A committee with members who specialize in different, yet relevant, areas of the issue at hand is a better fit to deal with complex disasters, Rice said...
...think it was done because it makes sense to do,” Leonard said, adding that the executive order that established the commission, which he believes will succeed in mitigating future similar disasters, piggybacks on current high public outrage regarding the dangers of unregulated offshore drilling...