>Imagine the WH dislikes the CEO of a biotech company, while appreciating the attitude of a competitor CEO.

there is no need to imagine, this is what is literally happening

> ripe for corruption

You're two steps behind.

> What is to stop them from stalling on giving acess for the latest model to the company they don't like?

Congress, if any of those creatures were vertebrates.

For the next few months, though? Nothing will. Those in the in-crowd will line each others' pockets at the expense of the rest of us. I will say that the recent election results and the building bipartisan angst over data centers and surveillance (e.g. Flock) are encouraging.

That's precisely what's going to happen.

You dont even need corruption. Once its political it becomes subservient to political interests.

"Given how the WH operates these days" I've got bad news for you...

The tragedy is the Trump admin is setting the precedent and creating the framework which will be abused in the future. For all the complains he made about the deep state, he's just creating a new avenue for them to abuse power

They is what is currently and blatantly happening already.

In most countries around the world corruption/bribes are necessary for doing business. Companies even account for it on their books. It was about time the US caught up.