I thought that you could have seen the problem by reading the Executive order.
A google on Executive order 13303 produced this article.(2nd on the list)
Here is an excerpt, you might want to read the whole article.
"...To date, a Bush Administration spokesman has characterized EO 13303 as an act ofhumanitarian kindness intended to protect "Iraqi oil for the Iraqi people." Yet, many legalexperts have concluded that EO 13303 is a thinly veiled attempt to suspend the rule oflaw for corporations participating in the rebuilding of Iraq's oil industry.GAP and Earthrights International, another nonprofit public interest law firm, have joinedSEEN to demand answers for the apparent accountability vacuum, because bothorganizations are concerned about losing access to the courts for cornerstone lawsproviding genuine human rights protection. Earthrights International specializes in theAlien Tort Claims Act, which enfranchises foreign victims to seek justice in U.S. courtsfor slave labor, rapes and murders by private security forces, and other corporate abusesof power. GAP is the leading organization for the protection of whistleblowers and isconcerned EO 13303 will wipe out landmark whistleblower protections enacted just lastyear in the Sarbanes Oxley law, canceling free speech rights for employees seeking tobear witness against misconduct ranging from human rights violations to fudging thebooks and shareholder reports about what happens to the money from Iraqi oil commerce."This executive order can only be read to cancel the rule of law for the oil industry," saidTom Devine, GAP's legal director. "It cancels the concept of corporate accountability.The Administration has either made a horrible mistake in drafting the Executive Order, ora hidden agenda for the oil industry has been revealed. In either case, the Administrationmust answer some hard questions in the days to come."...."
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