There was nothing but Blue Sky ahead. So there was no incentive for anyone to rain on the parade by exposing shady practices. AA could get away with what they did because they never thought that they would have a comeuppance !
Everyone did. And now it is left for Bush to clean up this mess.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
The corruption from that era was wide and deep, and it's still with us. My guess is we have only seen the tip of the iceberg.