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...most anticipated day of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Enron hearings since Ken Lay's no-show Monday, lawmakers easily positioned the cloud of blame over Jeff Skilling's relatively full head of executive-style hair. But they couldn't quite make it rain...
...master Kenneth Feinberg, whom the government has entrusted with dispersing its money to those most affected by the Sept. 11 tragedy. His first job is to persuade them to join the federal Victim Compensation Fund, the country's largest experiment in paying mass victims and their families without placing blame. The effort is being closely watched for the precedents it will...
...investigation into the incident continues, although Defense Secretary Rumsfeld on Monday conceded that the U.S. may well have killed our wounded friendly fighters in the Uruzgan raid. Part of the problem may be the conflicting signals emanating from the complex power struggles between rival factions on the ground. "I blame Afghans for that myself," says Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of the acting president. "It was an Afghan mistake. It shouldn't happen in the future." Karzai adds he has been "assured" there will not be a repeat, but delicately refuses to say who gave him this comfort...
...report’s ability to answer these questions is limited by its own conflict of interest, as Winokur was one of the co-authors. He apparently recused himself from sections of the report specifically evaluating the board’s actions. But every time the report pins the blame on top executives who kept the board in the dark, it partially absolves the directors from responsibility. The report goes to great lengths to show Fastow and his treacherous underlings as the real villains in this morality play, as well as to explain and justify the board?...
...military” to choose or to change its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays. The military carries out the instructions of its civilian and elected commanders, and follows the laws created by political leaders. To blame those in uniform for the policies that they are obliged to enact is hypocritical, and is only a weak excuse to pick a scapegoat instead of lobbying those responsible for the situation...