Still, Mr. Rumsfeld's plan would seem to run counter to a proposal by a commission led by Brent Scowcroft, the first President Bush's national security adviser, that called for giving the C.I.A. director broader budget authority over the intelligence community, including at least some military elements.
Last summer we began to get leaks out of the Scowcroft Commission a review of the nation's intelligence services ordered by President Bush, that called for giving the C.I.A. director broader budget authority over the intelligence community, including at least some military elements.
Now, companies are required to put to a shareholder vote only those plans offered to officers or directors; broad-based plans are exempt.
It had no building, no collection, and no director, but Broad had high ambitions for it.
A director has broad rights to inspect the corporate books and records.
With the collaboration of Andrea Rich, the museum's president and director, Mr. Broad will retain authority over all the building's details.
Boards should expect books and records demands in these situations and should understand that a director has broad rights in this respect.
Mr. Paul's anti-intelligence zeal has its roots in 2013, when the senator mounted a nearly 13-hour filibuster opposing Mr. Brennan's nomination as C.I.A. director, raising broad questions over the Obama administration's drone policy.
A director has broad rights under Section 220 to access books and records, which may provide an additional tool for directors (to seek to restore their reputations, maintain their positions, and/or obtain leverage in negotiating a settlement) when fiduciary claims against the board are likely to be dismissed.
Although most of the new space has been taken by one large tenant, the 20-acre site allows up to 200,000 square feet of additional space to be built in two buildings that will be earmarked for small companies, said Greg Blyskal, the executive director of Broad Hollow Bioscience Park.
