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Saturday, October 27, 2007 12:00 AM

Fred Hiatt's concern over "costly litigation" for AT&T and Verizon

The Washington Post Editorial Board continues to reveal core Beltway corruption in its ongoing call for telecom amnesty.

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  • Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:29 AM

    Just curious....

    from MemoryAlpha at 8:00 am:

    One thing to keep in mind is that the Telecoms probably received a lot of sweet cash as part of their devil's bargain to cooperate in the first place.

    Does anyone have an idea how such cash (if received)-- from supposedly secret and classified contracts-- would show up on a financial statement?

    Or, if it didn't show up, wouldn't that be an even greater problem?

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