At least the dog didn't eat the London Whale's trade blotter, or Bart Chilton's hair wasn't caught in a snowblower. Perhaps, Mr. Chilton will blame the meeting cancelation on the day the regulators are expected to vote on banning of bank prop trading and pass a rule that was "tougher than the banks expected [3]", on the CFTC's low budget which does not permit it to buy antifreeze?
Source: CFTC [4] [4]