A Failure of Initiative

A Failure of Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
Publisher:
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2006
Genre: Disaster relief
ISBN:

The Puppet Masters

The Puppet Masters
Author: Emile van der Does de Willebois
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0821388967

This report examines the use of these entities in nearly all cases of corruption. It builds upon case law, interviews with investigators, corporate registries and financial institutions and a 'mystery shopping' exercise to provide evidence of this criminal practice.

Financial Services and Products

Financial Services and Products
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Author: Curry L. Hagerty
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437934730

On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). This resulted in 11 worker fatalities, a massive oil release, and a national response effort in the GoM region by the federal and state governments as well as BP. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Setting in the GoM: Oil and Gas Recovery; Weather and Ocean Currents; Biological Resources; (3) Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Technology; (4) Fed. Statutory Framework; (5) Fed. Regulatory Framework; (6) Environmental and Economic Impacts; (7) Labor Issues; (8) Reorganization of Minerals Mgmt. Service; (9) FEMA Issues; Exxon Valdez; Recent Regional Disaster History; (10) Conclusion. Charts and tables.

Attempted Terrorist Attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253

Attempted Terrorist Attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Author: Saxby Chambliss
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1437934366

On Dec. 25, 2009, a 23-year-old Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, attempted to detonate a concealed non-metallic device containing the explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit, MI, as the plane was descending into the Detroit Airport. This is an unclassified summary of info. gathered on Intelligence from the following agencies: Office of the Dir. of Nat. Intell. (ODNI); Nat. Counterterrorism Center (NCTC); CIA; NSA; FBI; Dept. of State; DHS, TSA, CBP, and the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A). The Committee found that there were systematic failures across the Intelligence Community, which contributed to the failure to identify the threat posed by Abdulmutallab.