Webster Casts Doubt on Accounting Board Appointment

By Jim Zarroli

Published November 5, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Former CIA and FBI chief William Webster, named to head an oversight board for the accounting industry, concedes he may have to step down because of questions about his ties to a key firm. The board holds its first meeting next week. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

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