Covington, Burling....& Haliburton

When I was still a stock broker investment advisor (gotta maintain the jargon), the rage was to rail against Cheney and his connections to Haliburton. During one of our conference calls, Haliburton came up (I forget why and how) an American analyst made an interesting comment. At that time, Haliburton had been one of the most audited and scrutinized companies on the exchanges because of its connections to a politician. 

That stayed with me. It's interesting to note the same template has presented itself with Attorney-General Eric Holder and his former law firm Covington & Burling. Specifically, with their connection to representing alleged terrorists.

Moreover, the decision of Holder to try war criminals in civilian courts only added to the suspicion.

It's funny how no one, I'm looking at you libby's, how this connection is hardly brought up. In an interview with Dennis Miller, this issue came up and was asked to a military lawyer (I forget her name.) Like the analyst, she would be surprised if there was any "hanky-panky" going on behind the scenes.

Of course, this doesn't mean it doesn't or didn't in one of both cases, but it's something worth keeping an eye on.