Roberts' wife's law firm and Iraq Reconstruction involvement

[BeHereNow]

DUers, there is another point about Robert's nomination
that needs to be addressed. I did a little looking into
MS. Roberts and it gets interesting-
GO here:
http://iraqreconstruction.pillsburylaw.com/

Now consider the companies and their connections
to no-bid contracts in Iraq from this mis-administration
along with the Roberts nomination.
And tell me what YOU think about Roberts and
his nomination in light of this additional piece of the puzzle.

BHN

[Booster]

1. I kinda thought it would be the Mrs that was the main problem.

On John Kerry's website he is asking for questions for what we think should be asked of Roberts so you might want to submit this. Don't you ever wonder tho why they ask us what questions to ask when they are the ones in Wash and the ones who should know exactly what to ask? Wouldn't hurt to send this to him tho - might be the one he hasn't heard or thought of.

[BeHereNow]

2. I'm contacting Waxman on this-

It goes hand in hand with his work on Halliburton
if you ask me.
This is PAYOLA to the Roberts' for his wife's law firm
covering the horrendous abuse of the tax payer dollars
that have vanished in the Iraq rebuilding contracts.
In my humble opinion, THIS is the issue that should
block the nomination.
It's clearly a case of collusion.
BHN

[Booster]

6. It would really be interesting to find out how much Halliburton

stock all of these people have. We know about Cheney, but I'll bet the others own a bunch too.

[Booster]

11. Reminded myself of something. Does anyone know how you

find out who are stockholders in a company? I have a personal reason for asking. Thanks.

[BeHereNow]

12. Yahoo stocks has links to all of that-

But in a general way- for specifics look up the
SEC filings on the company and more importantly,
their subsidiary companies-
that is where they HIDE the questionable connections.
BHN

[Booster]

37. Thanks - you may have saved my inheritance. ha

[FreedomAngel82]

42. Of course

Halliburton has been making tons of money since Iraq so you know there are other people out there with intrest's.

[magicmax]

75. Right on the mark

Abortion is a divisive issue in the U.S. Convenient that it happens to be the primary target of the media concerning the nomination.

[me b zola]

22. Which Kerry website?

Is it his official Senate website or johnkerry.com?

Sorry, but I'm having difficulting finding it {question submission}

TIA :hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

43. The .com

It's the johnkerry.com If your on his mailing list you should've gotten an Email about it.

[Canuckistanian]

3. I think his wife sent him to be a Republican

It wasn't Dick Cheney.

[BeHereNow]

4. What are you talking about?

Did you read the link?
Do you understand the collusion implied
between Halliburton/Cheney and the nomination?
BHN

[Canuckistanian]

8. Just a joke. I understand the implications.

Just making a Wilson/Plame analogy. So sorry.

[BeHereNow]

10. No apology needed- I am on edge

Sorry is due from me to you-
I missed the joke aspect of your post.
I guess I am not in a very good mood these days
about all of this- it just keeps getting more and
more outrageous.
Forgive my lack of humor-
I am sick of seeing this country being sold off
to the highest bidder.
We are being screwed daily and deliberately
misled on what the REAL issures are.
Sure, roberts is a right-wing nut case, but
even bigger than that is the fact that
he and his wife's firm are rewarded for funneling billions of tax dollars
into a black hole by being appointed to one of the most
serious positions in our judicial system.
It is fucking OUTRAGEOUS.
BHN

[Canuckistanian]

16. I can sympathize

I'm Canadian, so I can watch this happen with a bit of distance. But if I was in the middle of your nightmare, I'd feel the same.
The fact that so many people have drunk the Kool-aid and continue to delude themselves is frightening.

[BeHereNow]

17. Well, the distraction issues are very frustrating...

Yeah, we know the Roberts family is a bunch of
right wing loons, but that is the wrong issue to argue
in his nomination- his wife's law firm's connection to oil and
Iraq reconstruction is the smoking gun in this
abomination nomination.
It is COLLUSION- if not RICO.
BHN

[BeHereNow]

5. Shameless Kick- Halliburton/CHENEY rewards Roberts

http://iraqreconstruction.pillsburylaw.com/
READ IT.
Ms. Roberts is a partner in the firm.
Iraq Reconstruction -
GET IT???
BHN

[BeHereNow]

7. Am NOT going to let this sink into oblivion- this is AMMO

REAL ammo against the nomination-
it is evidence of COLLUSION and everyone
of you should email it to WAXMAN and BOXER.
BHN

[wli]

9. astounding!

Excellent work.

[BeHereNow]

14. DISGUSTING is the accurate descriptive.

It is SUCH a blatant payoff to Roberts from Halliburton/Cheney.
You know, the folks who have made a ga-zillion dollars
off of this illegal and PHONEY war on the backs of the tax payers
and the blood of our children.

BHN

[me b zola]

13. Outstanding post

This is a huge issue!!

I heard Malloy talk about it last night. onlinejournal.com did a write up on it.


Conflict of interest drips from this nominee. From Judge Roberts invovlement with the 2000 Florida recount, to his lobbying effors for repub causes, to his wife as a war profiteer.


nominated:)

[BeHereNow]

15. Do you know where the Online Journal piece is?

I would like to see that!
BHN

[me b zola]

18. Here's the link

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/072105Burns/072105burns.html


:toast:

[BeHereNow]

21. Thanks!

Off to read it now- be back later.
BHN

[BeHereNow]

31. And HERE is our talking point!!!!!!!!!!!

In objecting the nomination-

THIS IS A NON-PARTISAN ISSUE, UNLIKE ABORTION-
THIS IS ABOUT ASSURING A NON-PARTISAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM!!!

"Meanwhile, her husband's numerous investments also include Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. One wonders whether a Justice Roberts would have to recuse himself from any cases involving Iraq, including cases about profiteering; procedure regarding "detainees" rounded up in Iraq; Iraq contract fraud; and/or regulatory or other violations by satellite systems companies that hired his wife's firm or his wife herself."

BHN

[ultraist]

56. Yes, he would have to recuse himself from any such cases

As clearly, there is a conflict of interest there since his wife is a war profiteer!

[BeHereNow]

58. And yet NOT ONE DEM LEADER HAS POINTED THIS OUT.

FUCK them ALL.
We need to clean house, all of them must go.
Too bad our votes no longer count- thanks to touch screen,
Fuck it- I am expatriating.
BHN

[magicmax]

76. The System that produced them

must go. If we know this....they know much, much more.

[FreedomAngel82]

47. Of course

Bush rewards everyone who helps him. So it's no doubt this guy was involved with something. He didn't just come out from the blue either. Also, doesn't he have a tie to someone Bush knew in S&B?

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. With Dimson, it's all about payback!

Is anyone here really shocked with this revelation? :yoiks: Dimson's rise to power="You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." Pretty simple stuff, actually.

[BeHereNow]

23. Back-scratching when it comes to SCOTUS is NOT okay.

It is COLLUSION.
Especially when it involves Halliburton/Cheney and
the BILLIONS of missing tas dollars involved in
Iraq Rebuilding.
I am convinced, Americais OVER, if this nomination
goes through.
BHN

[dogday]

20. Here is what I pulled off of the Employee List

Roberts, Jane Sullivan
[e-mail]
Professional Development Partner Washington, DC
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Global Sourcing

[magellan]

24. Mrs Roberts' online job description

Just for interest's sake:

Jane Sullivan Roberts
Professional Development Partner - Global Sourcing

Ms. Roberts practices with the firm’s communications and global sourcing groups, concentrating in representing clients in sophisticated transactions involving technology. She has extensive experience in representing clients in the buying and selling of space-related goods and services, including companies involved in the development of multi-billion dollar global and regional satellite systems. Ms. Roberts' experience also includes representing clients in information technology outsourcing transactions; software licensing, development, and maintenance contracts; and professional services arrangements. Prior to 1992, Ms. Roberts practiced litigation in a wide variety of matters before various courts and decision-making bodies, including large international commercial arbitrations involving nuclear power plants before the International Chamber of Commerce. In 1992, Ms. Roberts litigated before Australian courts with then Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks. While in law school, Ms. Roberts was the Notes Editor for the Law and Policy in International Business.

http://www.pillsburylaw.com/Go/bios.nsf/professionals/Jane%20Sullivan%20Roberts

And the Global Sourcing link: http://www.pillsburylaw.com/go/areamaster.nsf/practices-all/Global%20Sourcing

[BeHereNow]

27. Well hell...anyone remember when they bought up the satellite images

over Afghanistan?
Who do you wanna bet handled that transaction?
JEEZUS H on a Stick!
These people have NO shame.
BHN

[magellan]

48. This sniffs badly of BushCo's usual nepotism

And I'm grateful to you for uncovering it, BeHereNow. Since discovering your thread I've been writing my senators about investigating the link between Roberts' nomination and his wife's position with a law firm involved in Iraq Reconstruction. I doubt this is coincidence but even if it is, it certainly casts strong doubt on how Roberts would handle any future Supreme Court case involving BushCo and the whole reconstruction fiasco. This self-evident conflict of interest should NOT be ignored by Congress when it comes to looking at Roberts for the SCOTUS.

[BeHereNow]

50. The definitive quote on your topic of inquiry...

"Meanwhile, her husband's numerous investments also include Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. One wonders whether a Justice Roberts would have to recuse himself from any cases involving Iraq, including cases about profiteering; procedure regarding "detainees" rounded up in Iraq; Iraq contract fraud; and/or regulatory or other violations by satellite systems companies that hired his wife's firm or his wife herself."

BHN

[me b zola]

25. kick for an important story that needs to be heard!

[chicagomd]

26. scary stuff

kick

[BeHereNow]

29. Welcome to DU Chicagoomd-

My daughter is coming to school in your town this fall!
We love Chicago.
Thanks for kicking the thread-
I happen to think the Roberts/Iraq reconstruction/oil factor
matters in the Roberts SCOTUS nomination.
I hate seeing the thread sink...but apparently, very few
"get it" as far as the significance of using the connection
as ammo against the nomination.
WHAT EVER!
No wonder they get away with all of it-
WE have no clue how to utilize the dots and
demand that our democratic representatives
do the same.
People acutally think this is about abortion rights-
it goes much deeper and that is where we need to
dig- at the ROOT issues.

BHN

[BeHereNow]

28. I may have posted it in the wrong forum, GD has turned into cacaphony

I miss the old days when the threads were
actually discussions about serious matters.
Maybe I should take this thread to GD Politics?
Opinions?
BHN

[Disturbed]

30. Conflict of Interest at the very least.

Posts stay on the Board longer in the other Forum. Discussion Politics.

[BeHereNow]

32. QUOTE FROM ONLINE JOURNAL: VERY IMPORTANT ROBERTS OBJECTION

"Meanwhile, her husband's numerous investments also include Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. One wonders whether a Justice Roberts would have to recuse himself from any cases involving Iraq, including cases about profiteering; procedure regarding "detainees" rounded up in Iraq; Iraq contract fraud; and/or regulatory or other violations by satellite systems companies that hired his wife's firm or his wife herself."

HELLO?
DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE THIS AS A MAJOR ARGUMENT
AGAINST THE ROBERTS NOMINATION???

BANGING HEAD ON WALL NOW-
BHN

[Jacobin]

40. Great find there

On a similar note, I've been wondering how he got so rich so fast. His financial statement is pretty stout for a lawyer become judge.

There is funny stuff here, no doubt

[BeHereNow]

34. CAN I ASK A MOD TO MOVE THE WHOLE THREAD?

I feel like I am pissing in the wind in GD-
there are so many fluff threads here these days-
Meanwhile the train is on fire and flying off the edge of
the cliff....
BHN:banghead:

[hunter]

38. The wind in GD increases when there's a hot post like this one...

There's a firestorm coming...

:kick:

[BeHereNow]

45. Please, elaborate-

I think I know what you are referring to, but
for my sake, please do say what you mean.
BHN

[me b zola]

33. Do a second post on GD:P

That way more people will have the opportunity to see it.

I become frustrated as well when important threads drop. I'll do my part to help keep this one kicked up!

[BeHereNow]

35. Thanks me b zola

I am suddenly realizing why we will lose-
People have no idea how to capitalize on the issues
that MATTER.
This MATTERS in the big picture of defeating the Roberts
nomination- it is a CLEAR conflict of interest for Roberts
to serve on the SCOTUS given his connections to Iraq.
What ever.
People, Democrats included, will get the
government they deserve.
I give up.
BHN

[BeHereNow]

39. Not sure how to contact the on duty mod

other than with an alert-
so I sent an alert off of your post
clarifying that I was not complaining about your
post but requesting their help in facilitating your suggestion
that the thread be moved to the GD Politics forum.
Just so you know- I did make clear
that I was not alerting on you, just requesting
that they help move the thread to another forum where it might
actually be given discussion and consideration by
some critical thinkers- I swear, I don't know what to think of GD anymore.
BHN

[BeHereNow]

66. So far, NO reply from the mods-

on my request to move the thread.
I am a PAYING DU MEMBER.
I am a registered DU activist,
I am obviously a fool on top of it.
BHN

[me b zola]

36. Here's an interesting post

It doesn't involve the Mrs (or does it?), but it does go to the heart of the conflict of interest of Judge Roberts.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4145252&mesg_id=4149824

[me b zola]

41. Interesting facts, important questions that they raise

Registered Lobbyists Appointed to Bush's Transition Teams and Their Activity:

Justice....John...Roberts...Hogan & Hartson... 80,000

http://www.publicintegrity.com/bop2004/report.aspx?aid=273



In the above post that I reference, DUer DoYouEverWonder asks:

"Can a Justice be a lobbyist at the same time?"


It seems as though that is a critical question to which we need a definitive answer.

[BeHereNow]

49. It would seem that the law no longer applies-

to anything these whores do.
Rule of Law? Bah!
Constitutional law? Bah!
Geneva conventions? Bah, hire some lawyers to fix it.

FUCK these people and the dumb ass freepers who
voted them into destroying our country.

BHN

[me b zola]

54. The definiative answer:

NO!!! No federal employee may act as a lobbiest.

http://www1.pr.doe.gov/lobbying.pdf

Sorry I can't cut & paste (PDF). The link is to the government website for regulations on lobbying.

[BeHereNow]

44. So much for impartiality, eh?

This nomination is so dirty all the soap
in the world couldn't make it clean.
BHN

[JTHC]

46. Okay, I don't get it.

Pillsbury is a large international law firm. It looks like five of their partners have done some stuff regarding Iraq--how does that implicate Roberts' wife?

I'm a lawyer too, and also in a large international firm. If some partner does some shady work, does that implicate me? Sorry, I don't see it unless we can find a better connection than this.

(The work here isn't even all that shady, at least not at first glance. They look like pretty generic presentations, the kind of thing that a lot of lawyers do. The contracting one in particular is a pretty generic primer)

[JTHC]

51. Just to show an example...

I used to work in DC for a firm that does a lot of Government Contracts work (don't worry, it's a good firm--Ruth Bader Ginsburg's husband practices there, super nice guy if you ever meet him). They put out similar stuff with respect to Iraq:

http://www.ffhsj.com/govtcon/ffgalert/gcarch/nb040905.htm
http://www.ffhsj.com/govtcon/ffgalert/gcarch/nb040403.htm

Again, I don't see this as a real issue unless there's a better connection that's found.

[BeHereNow]

53. Well then, le's look into the law firm

and it's connections thus far to
Iraq Rebuilding clients-
Fair?
Fair enough.
In that tax payer money was no doubt used, there
should be a public document, no?
BHN

[BeHereNow]

65. No reply?

Well, that is interesting.
But not surprising.
BHN

[JTHC]

79. Sure

If Pillsbury represents clients who got Iraq rebuilding contracts, then that's certainly relevant. But then you've got to find the actual connection to the wife, because just saying they're in the same firm is not really a big deal.

[BeHereNow]

52. Welcome to DU, but

you are joking, RIGHT?

BHN

[JTHC]

81. What do you mean?

No, I'm not. Making scattershot attacks has no appeal to me. If there are good arguments to be made, there are good arguments to be made. But I want to see something more than the tenuous connection of Roberts' wife being in the same law firm as some guys who represent shady clients.

[me b zola]

61. How many cases will he have to reccuse himself from??

Roberts, by way of his wife, is profitting from the war profiteering made possible from this administration.

He benifits from partisan political descisions.

Is this someone who should be sitting on the Supreme Court?

[gulfcoastliberal]

55. Like the senate dems care - witness Feinsteins hubby Blum & Perini

Feinstein and Dick are raking in the treasury dollars. So she supports the illegal war and draining the treasury to pay those (like Perini) who profiteer off it.

http://www.public-i.org/wow/bio.aspx?act=pro&ddlC=45

Senate dems are all about corporate quid pro quo...

[BeHereNow]

57. And furthermore...

AS IF, they did not know about the Roberts family connections
to Iraq.
God damn them all to hell.
Greedy, treasonous bastards, every one of them
for the most part.
WHERE IS the Democratic party on this?
Not a fucking peep about the collusion or otherwise.
BHN

[gulfcoastliberal]

62. 100 percent public financing of all campaigns...

Is the only way the Republic will ever be restored. Otherwise we're doomed - everything we hold dear is expendable for a quick buck.

[BeHereNow]

59. Kicking again- despite the fact

that the mods have ignored my request that this thread be moved
to another forum.
BHN

[AmBlue]

63. Why not.....

Just copy the important posts from this thread into a new GD Politics thread yourself? This is important and I'll help if you PM me.

:kick:

[BeHereNow]

64. Because, I am starting to think it doesn't matter-

I posted this thread in the DU activist forum-
the replies are, for the most part based in brain oatmeal.
So be it- we have lost the country due to ignorance
and arrogance of the average American, "left" and
"right" who does not
know the law or care to learn.
SO BE IT-
The people of America WILL get the government
they deserve.
And so it is.
BHN

[me b zola]

69. Make a new post in GDP

With enough info & a big tease to get them interested, then link them to this post :shrug:

I was going to do it, but more people know you and your work :) so you are likely to get more hits/attention :toast:

[BeHereNow]

70. thanks, but honestly, I don't give a flying fuck anymore.

I wrote to the Mods and asked them to move the thread-
No response.
I posted the links in the DU activist forums-
Brain jello responses.

Tonight just may be my "moment of clarity"
regarding DU and the time/energy/money I
have spent here.

What the hell was I thinking?
There is a reason the right-wing has
advanced to this point in history.

I am going for a swim and several
Margaritas now because this is a lost cause.

TRULY PISSED AT THE ENERGY I SPENT
FOLLOWING DU ACTIVIST DIRECTIVES TODAY-
AS IF ANYONE UNDERSTOOD THE REAL ISSUES
DESTROYING THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY
OR HOW TRO USE THEM TO FIGHT BACK.

FUCKARAMA-
BUH-BYE.
BHN

[me b zola]

74. I have posted in some roberts' threads a link to this thread

Because you are here now, so am I.

But that is what community does. When one feels tired, like they can't go on, the others give strenght to the tired one.

:grouphug:

[BeHereNow]

60. Kick for the brain dead

BHN

[orleans]

67. are you attacking his wife???

you know that is something repukies NEVER do to us.

(hahaha)

(i'm glad you're getting some response to this--i posted something about this last night/early this morning and ho hum, i didn't get too much response from what i remember. and i definitely think this is a major issue!)

on edit: this is what i posted
"July 21, 2005—Yet another first for our boundary-breaching White House: for the first time in American history, we're going to have a justice on the high court whose spouse facilitates financing and putting together global satellite systems.

"Also, the firm in which she is a partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, emphasizes among other things its expertise in facilitating business in Iraq:

"We offer one-stop service to clients pursuing projects in Iraq, from solicitation and RFP counseling to working with key government and multilateral agencies, and from initially penetrating the Iraqi marketplace to final project implementation. Our attorneys are recognized as leaders in their fields, and at the cutting-edge in a variety of disciplines relevant to Iraq reconstruction. A number have served in senior government positions in key agencies–including the Departments of Transportation, Navy, Justice and Commerce, as well as the Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Bank."

http://onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/072105Burns/07...

[BeHereNow]

68. Not attacking, pointing out the conflict of interest-

Perhaps if Michael Jackson or Lacy Peterson was
involved, it would register with DU masses who
are searching the point to argue his nomination
with.
What was I thinking?
Conflict of interest?
Collusion with Cheney/Halliburton?
Naw, let's look at his abortion rights records,
to hell with the ILLEGAL justifications regarding
his nomination.
I swear, at this point, I am seriously considering
the possibility that DUers are more brain damaged
than freepers.
BHN

[orleans]

72. maybe everyone is so into rove that they just want to blow this off

but not all of us do
skinner has the activist corp on this

and hang in there--you're getting some positive posts here--maybe it's like a slow-burn fire but it's gotta catch on eventually. because there's no denying the conflict of interest.

i posted this earlier:

4158849, i guess it has to do with a conflict of interest
Posted by orleans on Thu Jul-21-05 02:21 PM

remember when the supreme court was going to decide if cheney should release the energy task force records? so cheney took scalia on a little hunting trip for a weekend. and when they got back scalia refused to recuse himself from the case--insisting he could be objective.

snip:
"He dismissed a call from the environmental group Sierra Club that he recuse himself because a January hunting trip he and Cheney took together gave the "appearance of impropriety."

"That trip came three weeks after the high court agreed to hear a case over whether the White House had to turn over documents relating to the energy task force Cheney headed in 2001.

"Under judicial rules, Supreme Court justices, unlike other judges, have the power to decide whether to remove themselves from cases. The justices have wide discretion since their decisions cannot be appealed."
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/18/scalia.recusal /

and they decided cheney could keep his little records sealed.

if the supreme court starts making decisions on war/peace/the draft it might be a little conflict of interest that roberts has a wife whose law firm is making money off the war:

"Iraq Reconstruction

Pillsbury’s Iraq Reconstruction Practice is mobilized to offer clients strategic legal advice in their postwar reconstruction efforts. Comprised of lawyers from several offices and backgrounds with relevant legal, industry and regional experience, the team is well poised to support virtually every endeavor in post-war Iraq, including:

*Infrastructure development, construction and procurement
*Major project development and finance
*Energy (upstream and downstream)
*International trade (sanctions, licensing, export controls, customs, trade facilitation)
*Finance (bank lending, currency structuring, trade finance, sovereign debt, bank regulation, capital markets, structured finance, securitization, derivatives)
*Establishing legal frameworks, drafting statutes, regulations and bid procedures
*Privatization and regulatory advice
*Government contracting and relations
*Intellectual property, technology and outsourcing services
*Commercial law and general contracting
*Environmental compliance
*International tax
*Claims, litigation and arbitration
*Insurance
*Healthcare and pharmaceuticals"
http://www.pillsburylaw.com/go/areamaster.nsf/practices...

it's just a little too cozy to be given a lifetime appointment for decision making that effects the entire country and the world for the next thirty years.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=printer_friendly&forum=104&topic_id=4153844&mesg_id=4158849

hang in there--i'm with you

[SheepyMcSheepster]

71. great post, kicked

and nominated!

[dogonarug]

73. Kick

[bigtree]

77. .

[cyberpj]

78. If this Fed ruling to limit suits vs Iraq contracts gets to Supreme Court

Then Mr. and Mrs. Roberts will have a LOT to protect I'll bet!

=====================================================================Halliburton w/benefit from new Fed ruling to limit suits vs Iraq contracts

This is an outrage and happened right under our noses with no real press coverage. Please contact your congress people and newspapers about this! - And nominate for front page attention...

U.S. judge limits use of fraud law against Iraq contractors
By Erik Eckholm The New York Times
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2005

A federal judge has issued a ruling that will limit the applicability of a critical antifraud statute against corporate contractors in Iraq.

Judge T.S. Ellis 3rd of U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, held on Monday that the False Claims Act did not apply to the many contractors who were paid by the American occupation authority using Iraqi oil money.

The False Claims Act offers large rewards to corporate insiders who reveal misdeeds, and huge financial penalties can be imposed on errant companies. It is widely regarded as the government's most potent weapon against contractor fraud.

The district court decision, which is the first to provide guidelines in what has been a legal void, could derail some whistle-blower lawsuits that are in their early stages and still under seal, experts in the field of procurement law declared.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/12/news/fraud.php

[marshall]

80. Cherchez la femme?

Look for the woman...