union carbide damaged to be sure but kept on going. but it does create some vulnerabilities in a lot of different ways not the least being your own position in the industry and whether you might become a takeover candidate yourself. >> lehrer: do you agree with that, robin west? within the industry there's a problem here too. >> i think so. i think that this has hurt the industry somewhat. i agree with professor finkelstein. one of the real risks is what we call license to operate which is the confidence of the public which permits you to go about your business. bp and all these oil companies, they operate all over the world. it's not just the u.s. government. it's governments everywhere. they have to have their confidence. without that, they can't function. >> lehrer: what about the exxon and the exxon valdez oil spill. we all know about that but exxon is still in business now many years later. what is the difference? or how did they handle it and how were they able to survive it? >> exxon, the first thing, it was a terrible disaster

. >> my question is that former union carbide ceo warren anderson signed the bond for 25,000 indian rupees on december 7, 1984, to get his freedom. in that was a sentence that he would be available when asked by the court. now he is hiding in the u.s. will the u.s. help the indian government to track him and to bring him to justice? >> i have no way of validating whatever document he signed in 1984. all i will tell you -- obviously, if the government of india make such a request of us we will carefully evaluate it.3 the indian minister specifically mentioned in his speech during his visit here to secretary clinton about access to hadley. now the access is complete. would you like to comment on what exactly happened? can the court go ahead with the trial and sentencing? >> there was a statement i think rrleased by both the governments of the united states and india yesterday. i think for us it was by the department of justice. it confirmed that indian authorities had seven days of access to davii headley. there is an agreement ttat we that were in that meeting, but there were no restriction