Donald Rumsfeld makes $5m killing on bird flu drug

[Ernesto]

..... Another good 'merican enjoys the repuke "good life"......
Donald Rumsfeld has made a killing out of bird flu. The US Defence Secretary has made more than $5m (£2.9m) in capital gains from selling shares in the biotechnology firm that discovered and developed Tamiflu, the drug being bought in massive amounts by Governments to treat a possible human pandemic of the disease.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article350787.ece

[graywarrior]

1. Yeah, I've been watching this for awhile

Sucks, don't it.

[lovuian]

2. Especially when Tamiflu is ineffective against the bird flu

and they know it!!!

[graywarrior]

3. Yeah, specially then.

[Roland99]

4. Not the first time he's made a killing on a drug or a chemical

He pushed President Ford to provide the swine flu vaccine which ended up killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds more.

He was also recently at the helm of G.D. Searle when the new Reagan FDA approved Aspartame almost immediately after Reagan's inauguration despite years and years of no approval by the FDA prior to that.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. And they investigated the Clintons who actually LOST money on

a land deal.

[sam sarrha]

7. the WhiteWater investigation just ended a couple of months ago, the guy

who was in charge kept investigating right up to the last minute of the contract.. handed in the report on the last day.. found nothing.. 10's of millions of dollars spent..

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. Who reported it?

[Ernesto]

9. And the partisan repuke mis-use of OUR resources keeps on going...........

[sam sarrha]

6. but it really doesnt work, maybe takes 1 day off regular flu, has to be

given before you show symptoms.. it is a ripoff

[formercia]

10. He's going to need the money

defending himself against a slew of lawsuits.....

[LizW]

11. But can he spend it in hell?

I don't really believe in hell, but if I did, and there was any human being on earth right now who deserves to go there, it would be Rumsfeld.

[jmowreader]

12. Gonna K&R this one

Here's a little blast from the past: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010123/aponline142342_000.htm

Apparently, Donald R's financial disclosure form, which he submitted prior to being approved as secretary of defense, is 94 pages long. I thought these guys had to put their holdings in blind trusts, like the president does upon taking office, but it was either never true or it's no longer true. Anyway, this guy managed to make money hand over fist between the time Ford left office and Bush II entered it.

[Mr_Spock]

13. Where's Martha when you need her?

This sounds like it should be investigated...