Note from a reader:

It alarmed me to learn of that threat issue, though not terribly surprising.  See post below - re: Scottsdale.

The big question is how serious it is, and the motivation of the party in question. This bothers me.

One thing to cheat in court, another to contemplate a Silkwood.  This bothers me a lot, because there are some very sick people out there.

Word on the inside is that [interim President] Marc J. isn't going to make the short list for President.

Word too is that they've hired an outside headhunter to avoid legal requirements that would normally reveal who was applying for the position in order to mask the identities of resume submitters who don't want current employers to know they're thinking of bailing.

Another reason to keep things quiet is to thwart people like us from "helping" in the vetting process.