Discovering that 76 percent of the variation in military investment outlays was tied to political control was a revelation for most sector analysts, but since prior-year levels of spending were themselves intimately related to political control, Epstein was in effect saying over 90 percent of the reason for defense industry results could be traced directly or indirectly to which party was running the government.
Of particular concern is Poole's revelation that political appointees in the Obama-Holder Justice Department have been responsible for "quashing" the prosecution of some of the Brotherhood's operatives and organizations.