[6t6t6t6]

Those deals are not made in one week. Maybe this agreement with the Pentagon has something to do with the drama of a couple of months ago.

[kridsdale1]

That sounds very likely. The ideological purists of the old board would have acted exactly as they did if they learned about this deal at that time.

[ykonstant]

Would also explain why they were silent afterwards and took the loss sitting down; NSLs are scary stuff (what a democracy! --sorry, republic).