He was the political director of an independent campaign committee called Americans for Bush, which produced and broadcast a commercial featuring Willie Horton, a convicted murderer who received a weekend furlough in Massachusetts and then committed several grisly crimes.

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The board then set up a special committee, led by independent lead director Alex Mandl.

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It has added an extra independent director, and the duration of its audit committee meetings has tripled.

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