\It appears that when career staffers at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development noticed that contracts were going to unqualified, but politically connected, contractors, in what appeared to be a highly irregular process senior management ignored their warnings.
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.
Who could imagine that HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson and His Evil Minions™ would let out contracts on the basis of politics....Oh wait....he said this on tape in a speech....Never mind.
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