To prove the point, in 1985 [Barry] Marshall drank a Petri dish of bacterial broth to show that the presence of H pylori in people with ulcers was no coincidence. A week later, after suffering stomach pain, nausea and vomiting, he underwent an endoscopy, which showed the distinctive spiral-shaped bacteria crowding around the inflammation in his stomach. His wife urged him to get treatment – which he did, and after a short course of antibiotics he was cured.
"The Appointments Clause sets as a default rule that all “Officers of the United States”—whether “inferior” or “principal”—must be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Id. It then goes on to direct that “Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in Heads of Departments.”"
It would apply to all special counsels unless confirmed by the Senate (or congress passes a law allowing the Attorney General to appoint special counsel)
This advice is old enough to drive, but Joel Spolsky suggested doing just that.
"Word and Excel have extremely complete object models, available via COM Automation, which allow you to programmatically do anything. In many situations, you are better off reusing the code inside Office rather than trying to reimplement it. Here are a few examples..."