Reply #2: Blank Rome probably had more to do with it.

[emulatorloo]

Big Lobbying Firm, filled with ex-homeland security people. And they lobby current Homeland Security for big no-bid contracts for their clients. . . .Many many ties to Bush admin

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Blank Rome Clients receive 336 million in no bid Katrina contracts

Edited on Fri Feb-03-06 06:20 PM by emulatorloo
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/8952492/looting_homeland_security?rnd=1141355450566&has-player=true

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Mark Holman, a former adviser to Tom Ridge and a Bush "Pioneer" who raised more than $100,000 for the president's 2004 campaign, is now a senior partner at Blank Rome Government Relations, which represents Carnival Cruise Lines, the company that won a staggering $236 million contract to provide the government with three luxury liners for six months. Blank Rome also represents CH2M Hill, an engineering firm that bagged a $100 million no-bid contract.

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(as an aside, Barbara Comstock is a partner in Blank Rome ("coordinated" repug 2000 recount efforts in Florida, lawyer, former Ashcroft Justice Dept, rightwing talking head, head of Scooter Libby defense fund -- many many tentacles between Blank Rome and Bush Admin)

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Here's an article about Blank Rome and incestous relations w Dept of Homeland Security -- it will curl your hair:

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=10750

Security for Sale

The Department of Homeland Security has a section on its Web site labeled “Open for Business.” It certainly is.
By Sarah Posner
Issue Date: 01.05.06