Phony Sale of Air America?--UpdatedCaptain Ed
does some digging and discovers that apparently the main purpose of the sale to Piquant was to shed the debt that Air America had acquired; newspapers at the time even noted this purpose.
Note that this
contradicts what Al Franken claimed on Monday, that the debt was discovered during a "forensic accounting" examination by the company, and that Rob Glaser had said that legally they didn't owe the money, but morally they did, so they decided to make arrangements to pay it.
Update:
Macho Nachos was all over this
awhile ago. There are times when good small bloggers are ahead of the story and then don't get credit for that when the rest of the blogosphere catches up; kudos to Captain Ed for recognizing Macho Nachos.