Early report doesn’t recommend charges for torture memos

A preliminary internal report on the Justice Department investigation into the Bush Justice Department authors of the "torture memos" does not call for them to be criminally prosecuted for the writing and distribution of the controversial legal policies but raises the possibility of sanctions by state bar associations, according to two government sources familiar with the report. The draft, which now goes to Attorney General Eric Holder for approval or revisions, is expected to be finalized in the coming days and is likely to be made public in the near future, Justice Department sources said Tuesday. Other sources say the investigators for the Justice Department’s ethics unit, the Office of Professional Responsibility, have focused heavily on internal communications involving former Office of Legal Counsel lawyers John Yoo, Jay Bybee and Steven Bradbury

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How to create a buzz: the business lesson for marketers

In these economically tough times, the dream for every marketing strategist is buzz — your product picking up ever more sales by word-of-mouth as customers talk to potential new customers, all costing your company not a cent. Of course, this phenomenon is so alluring because it is also so very elusive. Companies have spent millions over the years trying to work out who in their marketplace are the “connectors,” those who spread the word about a new product or service throughout their peer group.

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