white house? and why is it that the company with deep ties to the white house, the company that just got the big contract for a drug that s not been proven yet, why is it going to make an 85% profit on its government contract? coming up, we re going to talk with a member of the company s board of directors, a familiar face here at cnn. we first got wind of this story in the los angeles times but since then, have learned a lot more. investigative correspondent drew griffin is keeping them honest. reporter: it s just another good business deal for billionaire investor and big-time democratic political supporter, ron perlman. this major political contributor to both parties but particular friend of the obama white house, owns the controlling shares in a company called siga technologies, and siga this year won a sweet $432 million no-bid contract from the u.s. department of health and human services that even a democrat says is a little bit too sweet to ignore. how did this
about it. kimberly: if you think about this, this is bunny mellers, big-time democratic contributor that has given money over the years. $725,000 in personal checks. alleges that she wrote them for chairs, bookcase, charlton table that said were money, going to gifts, not campaign funds. sent it all and a little box of chocolate. never turn down the box of chocolate. bob: sent it to his aide. isn t that where the money went to? kimberly: $200,000 for texas lawyer fred barron. now deceased. eric: i don t see the difference between what john edwards did with the federal election commission and what three names i ll read to you did with the securities and exchange commission. bernie ebbers is serving 25 years for something similar. dennis kezlowski.