"Congress should not limit the tools available to the executive branch in bringing terrorists to justice and advancing our national security interests, " said Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller.
An executive at General Electric, Loescher had previously served as chief operating officer of Swiss biotech-tools firm Amersham and as chief executive of the Japanese arm of drug giant Sonofi-Aventis.
Balance sheets, company statements, pending lawsuits, and executive personalities are all tools that the soothsayers use to try to predict what will happen to a stock, bond or commodity.