some pretty deep ties with the white house? and why is it that the company with deep ties to the white house, the company that just got a 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. investigator 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. h