Healthy Skepticism Library item: 2600

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Publication type: news

Saul S, Pear R.
F.D.A. Chief Quit Over Financial Disclosure Form, His Wife's Brother Says
New York Times 2005 Sep 27
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/politics/28fda.html?pagewanted=print

Notes:

Ralph Faggotter’s Comments: Now, the reasons for Lester Crawford’s sudden mysterious resignation are beginning to surface.

Full text: F.D.A. Chief Quit Over Financial Disclosure Form, His Wife’s Brother Says By STEPHANIE SAUL and ROBERT PEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 28, 2005 p. A-18 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/politics/28fda.html?pagewanted=print Lester M. Crawford’s wife has told family members that an unintentional failure to disclose financial holdings prompted his sudden resignation as commissioner of food and drugs last week, her brother said yesterday. The former commissioner’s wife, Catherine Walker Crawford, discussed the resignation with her brother, William W. Walker III of Birmingham, Ala., over the weekend, Mr. Walker said in a telephone interview. Mr. Walker said Mrs. Crawford had told him that “if they had to do it over again, they’d put everything in a blind trust.” ( continued..)