The author did a very skillful job of not disclosing the source state of the tainted blood and who it's governor was.
This was on Bubba's watch.
Bubba is good at apologies.
Provided that it is someone else's behaviour for which he is apologising.
Perhaps he can toss off an apology at Pearson International or even Goose Bay on his way through to somewhere else, just as he did at Kigali Airport respecting the Rwanda genocide.