The Russian wheat deal in the early '70's comes to mind.



"Much attention was put on Henry Kissinger's agreement with the Soviet Union in the early 1970s to purchase grain at bargain prices. A State Department employee was unable to fly from Moscow to the Black Sea resorts on his vacation. He was able to hire a car to make the same trip. As he was from a farming background he knew that the grain crops were in very bad shape. He reported this up his chain of command. The report landed on Kissinger's desk. At the same time Cargil got a report from their former employee in the State Department. Foggy Bottom has a well earned reputation as being leaky. Kissinger kept quiet. Cargil kept quiet."