[aaaxyz]

This smells an awful lot like the Tamiflu story. Rumsfeld was chairman of Gilead until he was nominated as Secretary of Defense. He refused to sell his shares in the company and thus was forced to leave the room whenever discussions that might impact the company happened. A few years later the Pentagon starts stockpiling billions of dollars worth of Tamiflu. By the time Rumsfeld left the white house, Gilead shares were up from $7 in 2001 to $67 in 2006.

[koheripbal]

I'm confused. Are you saying he had an ulterior motive? Tamiflu is effective when given early. The stockpiles (which I doubt amounted to the billions) were for the general US population in case of a super-flu. ...so it was a good idea.