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Old 09-24-2009, 22:32   #310
Richard
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...the EDS/Iran scandal of 1979 and how Mr. Ross Perot rescued his staff from the Iranians.
FWIW - wasn't a scandal and HRP didn't rescue his staff - he paid the Bull and a few of his former SF employees to do it - big difference in my mind.

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