I agree - Al Gore did nothing illegal. “We done it all nice and legal!”
Jeez - you must aspire to be a crony capitalist.
I AM a capitalist - an investor actually, and in point of fact I have been a vocal opponent of certain stock options deals that I've seen doled out to the uninvolved, like board members, for example. For executives, on the other hand, stock options can be a very effective motivator.
In this case, we don't know how Gore come into these options. He might have bought them (well, it is possible) as likely as not. If the options were provided by Apple as part of his compensation as a board member, then I would not have approved, were I an investor in Apple. But, I'm not, and therefore it is not a matter of concern for me.