Flaig, who faced a similar operational crisis at Dell Computer in the early 1990s, will be the pointman in that effort.

FORBES: Growing up

The group includes Sig Hecker, a former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Charles Pritchard, a former State Department pointman for North Korea who has been sharply critical of the Bush administration's Korean tactics since he left his diplomatic post last year.

ECONOMIST: Diplomacy and threats