You've heard of criminal negligence, right? Where someone is so outrageously bad that it can only be intentional, with something important at stake that gets hurt.

With the amount of money in play, the implication is that they were being bribed to look the other way. If nothing else they should get audited down to their grade school allowance to be sure they were merely grossly negligent.

> "If nothing else they should get audited down to their grade school allowance to be sure they were merely grossly negligent."

That would not even be sufficient, because for all we know they were bribed with hookers and cocaine. It would not be the first time.

Everyone should read http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=18