brownie

My guess is that this guy couldn't pay his mortgage and his credit cards if they bounced him without a golden parachute. So he's getting "corporate welfare." He's on the extended payment plan. He's Bush's buddy, he's fired, but we can still pay him as a contractor and let him "investigate himself."

That way, he can clear up his resume, exonerate himself, and move on to another appoinment, say, in stable management.