State Department did little to stop American companies from paying surcharges.
I just came back in the office to note the State Department business----was going to ask time era. Ah, investigator notes 2001 now and says in June Bay Oil was asked questions and then State went to OPEC to get the answers Bay Oil was refusing to supply.
Dare I surmise, then, that prior to the Bush administration taking office Bay Oil operated without question but in 2001 eyebrows were raised and questions started being asked?