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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pnightingale, post: 1382001, member: 32585&quot;]Please don&#039;t mistake this for a political post, it&#039;s certainly not intended to provoke anyone or score points.....</p><p><br /></p><p>There are rumors flying around the blogosphere that the reason for the inexplicable court ruling and unprecedented involvement of The DoJ and State Dept, both of whom initially supported the salvage company is rank corruption.</p><p><br /></p><p>A prominent CA Democrat has claims to a valuable painting stolen from his family by the Nazis and now in Spain. He called in some political favors, made a few &quot;donations&quot; and hey presto, despite the fact that Spain has no credible claim to the treasure they are awarded all of it without any order to compensate the salvagers for their costs, including court ordered custodial security and almost $500,000 in emergency conservation. The painting is on it&#039;s way to California.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I heard the interview with their COO this afternoon and came away with the impression that he or their attorney was the source for this information. Make of it what you will, I know it&#039;s not properly sourced yet but I share the info with you all for whatever it&#039;s worth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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