On 2006-05-17T21:47:01-0700, coderman wrote:
this administration is particularly skilled at legal exploit. pehaps all that practice bending tax law over a barrel was merely warm up. ;)
remember that Ashcroft was indeed signing approvals (in fact, they pestered him at the hospital while he was still recovering from surgery) and the deputy attorney general was also involved (i don't remember if he provided authorization when Ashcroft was incapacitated/reluctant or not...)
Not as if it's difficult to pre-date certifications, if they don't exist, in exchange for certain considerations. It might be enlightening to compare AT&T's campaign contributions (do they have a PAC for employees?) in 2004 vs 2008, and 2002 vs 2006. That, plus the accounting angle looking for discrepancies caused by non-reporting of large SEC-exempt contracts... with enough people digging, someone's bound to find something. -- The six phases of a project: I. Enthusiasm. IV. Search for the Guilty. II. Disillusionment. V. Punishment of the Innocent. III. Panic. VI. Praise & Honor for the Nonparticipants.