Folks should understand that one of the missions of Free Republic is to root out government corruption.
You are doing a yeoman's work in that effort.
There are a whole slew of people who saw the same problem with this operation that I did and who contributed mightily to the effort of convincing people of it. But I thank you.
The story is not over yet, but I think today's developments indicate that the Rule of Law may very well prevail.