a small group driven by Liberal interests and personal greed almost effortlessly breached walls built to separate politicians from the treasury.

Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting to keep your own money

Nothing is more egregious than greedy politicians.

In general, I have come to the conclusion that he is not always a reliable witness and that any affirmations made by him should be accepted with caution,

The 2000 audit made it apparent that ... management had not implemented any of the 1996 [Ernst and Young] recommendations, ... Nevertheless, information was dropped from the final 2000 report, with no mention of the 1996 audit.

It may be presumed that he did not want someone like Mr. Cutler to obstruct or delay his method of handling sponsorship files,