This story does present me with an ethical problem.
By being able to throw big bucks into the back pockets of crooks, it means that the 'sub-standard' products produced get enforced upon the PBI and the rest of us Crown Servants.
If we had the best product at the best price, the deal would be mouth-watering to a purchaser.
As it is, it has frequently been a shocking product at a hair raising price, but greased through the back door.
One of the talking heads quoted SA as paying 2.5 times more for a plane which their Air force didn't want.
"Good game. Good game!"