Not being a smart-aleck here. What actually IS the procedure for such a thing? Is it purely at the Executive Branch's discretion or a panel of sorts?
What actually IS the procedure for such a thing?
From what I've heard so far, a special bureaucratic committee (maybe the Interior/Treasury?) was supposed to have reviewed, and approved the arrangement. The powers that supposedly know are claiming this flew low on the radar, and was passed through. The president can come out and claim proper due diligence was not taken. But someone will have to be fired.