My 30-year legal career—including experience as a prosecutor during the Iran-contra affair and inspector-general of the Justice Department—has been defined by law enforcement. So I was surprised when the White House and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asked if I’d like to run the Minerals Management Service, the regulatory body in charge of offshore oil and gas drilling. I also wasn’t sure I wanted the job, which would mean leaving a thriving private practice to head an agency under more investigations than any in memory. “I’m not there yet,” I told Secretary Salazar after our first face-to-face meeting about the work. I was still undecided after the president reached me the following day, although his call had an enormous impact on my thinking.
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