Why it took former employee Susan Fowler's blog post complaining of a sexist workplace to ignite an investigation into Uber's culture rather than an earlier board action isn't clear.
That letter, from Sherron S. Watkins, a senior employee, ignited an investigation by Enron's outside law firm, which concluded that the accounting issues could be embarrassing.
Investigators and former employees said that Mr. LaMura had privately blamed Mr. Gill, an influential lawyer and an adviser to Gov. George E. Pataki and other Republican officials, for igniting the investigation.
In "Truth," angry conservative bloggers ignited CBS' investigation of the "60 Minutes II" report that eventually led to the ousting of Mapes and Rather.
The accusations and demands for an outside investigation ignited a tense discussion in the Security Council about how to respond.
The investigation, ignited by accusations by an XO salesman who was fired this year, is at an early stage and was described as an "informal inquiry" into possible securities law violations by Nextel, which is based in Reston, Va.
In the UK, the HSBC investigation ignited a ferocious political response, with Treasury minister David Gauke forced to appear before the Commons to defend the government's efforts to clamp down on tax evasion.
Even worse, Mills has had to issue financial restatements wiping out $400 million of the company's book equity and igniting a Securities & Exchange Commission investigation.
The letter by FBI Director James Comey last Friday to Congress about additional evidence potentially related to the Clinton email investigation ignited the predictable firestorm of criticism from all sides.
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However, it would ultimately be the criminal prosecution of a young man named Aaron Wynn, who would ignite a grand jury investigation and a community call to stand up against the criminalization of people arrested with mental illness.
