Hard to find time to post...
I ran across this story a couple days ago on another blog, but I can't remember which (sorry!). Anyway, it would seem that BAE, the British defense industry, was giving the government of Saudi Arabia bribes or kick-backs. When an investigation was launched the Saudi's threatened to cut off intelligence information. As the article puts it, "Saudi Arabia's rulers threatened to make it easier for terrorists to attack London unless corruption investigations into their arms deals were halted."
The government folded.
Evidently the intelligence trumped any possible repercussions to not investigating BAE.
It also calls to mind the Churchill quip to a society lady:
"Madam, We've already established what you are, now we're just haggling over the price."
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