But the indictment charges that the inquiry was slowed by the interference of company executives, notably a defendant, Michael DeGennaro, former senior vice president for finance.
"And then there is the interference of the executive in the judiciary, which has been constant and unbearable.
By partially assimilating the president to a sovereign dictator, Schmitt defended an unusually extensive interpretation of the president's authority that in effect subjected all constitutional rights to the discretionary interference of the executive headed by the president (See DP).
But Lachlan Murdoch resigned in 2005 after chafing at the interference of his father and other executives.
They are uniformly helpful and only mildly appalled, perhaps more inured than the rest of us to seeing such dramas play out, although even they say this level of executive interference is unprecedented.
Howells also revealed how Gordon Brown tried to influence the ISC when he was prime minister, even though it is supposed to be entirely beyond this kind of executive interference.
As officers of the Singapore Legal Service, it is said that there is a risk of executive interference because judges may be removed from their judicial positions or transferred to lower-ranking positions elsewhere within the Legal Service by the Legal Service Commission (LSC).
The property and assets of the United Nations, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation and any other form of interference, whether by executive, administrative, judicial or legislative action".
The property and assets of FAO, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation and any other form of interference, whether by executive, administrative, judicial or legislative action.
