I used to know a guy who worked for a transportation company that specialized on large transports. Such a transport takes years of planning, coordinating with police, field trips to check the current state because a lot of maps are wrong and so on. Bridges may not be as strong as offically declared. You have to balance the cost of dismantling obstacles against the cost of taking another route or not doing the transport at all.
It's a crazy detailed process with almost no tolerance for mistakes. You really don't want to get stuck with some industrial vessel weighing hundreds of tons.
Watched a doc about the SR71 the other day and it mentioned how they cleared space along the roadways before transporting from Skunk Works in Burbank to Area 51 for testing
Funny enough, they got into an accident along the way and paid a bunch of hush money to keep the person that hit them from reporting it
I always wonder about that. Do thet sign a contract? I am curious in terms of politics. What's to stop a politician from taking bribes from a lobbyist, donating the money to charity, and then outing the lobbyist to the public?
What's to stop a politician from going back on their word? How do these companies and governments ensure compliance with a pay off?
What's to stop that person from reporting it to the news as soon as they got paid?
Yes. They sign a non-disclosure agreement with the government. That agreement also involves waiving their first amendment rights when it comes to the secret subject.
What's to stop a politician from taking bribes from a lobbyist, donating the money to charity, and then outing the lobbyist to the public?
Bribery laws. They don't require the politician to actually do what the lobbyist is paying for. Just the solicitation and receipt of the money is enough.
What's to stop a politician from going back on their word?
In this case, the person who was paid signed an NDA that presumably had pretty hefty financial penalties for breaking it. Sure they could speak out, but they would be out of luck in court trying to avoid the penalty. You can write an NDA about most topics and it would be enforceable by the law if signed.
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u/Below-Average-528 4h ago
I used to know a guy who worked for a transportation company that specialized on large transports. Such a transport takes years of planning, coordinating with police, field trips to check the current state because a lot of maps are wrong and so on. Bridges may not be as strong as offically declared. You have to balance the cost of dismantling obstacles against the cost of taking another route or not doing the transport at all.
It's a crazy detailed process with almost no tolerance for mistakes. You really don't want to get stuck with some industrial vessel weighing hundreds of tons.