You'll Be Shocked

When I got up this morning, had I known it was going to be Surprise Thursday, I would have dressed for the occasion.

Bush administration officials knew that a Texas oil company with close ties to President Bush was planning to sign an oil deal with the regional Kurdistan government that ran counter to American policy and undercut Iraq’s central government, a Congressional committee has concluded.

  NYT

Bush Administration officials knew a Bush pal was slimey? How could they have?

....but hey, believe it if you want.

Hunt post last September.

Is It About the Oil?

Josh Marshall notes that Hunt Oil Company's CEO Ray Hunt is on George Bush's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. And that Hunt Oil Company just signed a deal for oil exploration in Kurdistan.

Conflict or merely interest?