Not that anything here is surprising, I mean, do we ever get thorough investigations. However, I thought this pretty much summed up the quality of the American Society of Civil Engineers assigned by the government to investigate the World Trade Centers and the levees in New Orleans:

The group of 140,000 member, based in Reston, Virginia, sets engineering standards and codes and publishes technical books and a glossy magazine.

Wasn't sold on 140,000 members, but the glossy magazine?

Sold!

There is an interesting game of finger pointing going on over in Knox County. Seems like I remember something going on here in Blount County about bonus payments from overtime accounts.

Excess has a funny way of flowing upstream as the blame does the opposite and flows downstream....
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For a really good understanding of this, read the actual lawsuit here: Link

One can only scratch their head and wonder......