The only reason this was discovered was because an investigative journalist managed to get a seat next to one of their attorneys on a flight and photographed documents in his briefcase while he went to the lavatory. Failing that, the public would have never known.

These were many transactions structured in such a way as to obfuscate what was happening. The Kuwaitis totally had America by the balls, as these were large US companies and a decision to dump would have wreaked havoc.