Captain Renault: I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.

It appears that when career staffers at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development noticed that contracts were going to unqualified, but politically connected, contractors, in what appeared to be a highly irregular process senior management ignored their warnings.

Who could imagine that HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson and His Evil Minions^™ would let out contracts on the basis of politics….Oh wait….he said this on tape in a speech….Never mind.