It is not clear what the legal priority is among the Treasury's obligations, whether contractual such as bond debt or statutory such as social security.
Among other arguments, Sprint has stated that the complex financing provisions of the DISH Proposal must also be considered in light of the existing Clearwire contractual arrangements (including debt arrangements) and that it is not clear from Sprint's review that such financing is permitted by or would comply with Clearwire's existing arrangements.
As you know and have written on extensively, the ELA debt for IBRC was administered in 3 contractual arrangements between IBRC and Central Bank of Ireland, the Master Loan Repurchase Agreement (MLRA), Special Master Loan Repurchase Agreement (SMRA) and the Facility Deed (FD).