The IOC ethics commission is highly unlikely to report before London Games, although interim action could be taken against a handful of individuals in the meantime.
The interim action by the White House would strengthen the hand of the current director of central intelligence, who heads the Central Intelligence Agency and has nominal authority over all other intelligence agencies but whose actual powers beyond the C.I.A. have been limited.
Using emergency powers, the South Australian division of the medical board of Australia said it took the interim action to "keep the public safe while other investigations or processes continue".
The news was a surprise to him — he had expected that an election would be held in the fall, as it will be, but not that there would he any such interim action as was taken — and he wasn't sure whether he should believe it.
On Friday, a court granted an interim action saying the bodies could be exhumed and reburied but Mandla Mandela says he was not aware of the case until it was reported in the media and he is now opposing it.
Ultimate response guidelines (URG), a plant specific interim remedy action plan, was developed to manage accidents caused by compound disasters which exceed design models.
