Yes, it's a huge loophole: instead of paying the officials directly for their help, which would clearly be illegal, the companies let it be known that if the of

Yes, it's a huge loophole: instead of paying the officials directly for their help, which would clearly be illegal, the companies let it be known that if the officials help them out, they will be compensated in the future. I presume this is done in face-to-face conversations with no witnesses so there's no evidentiary trail. Seems like a law that would really shut down the revolving door would be difficult to craft so there would really be no ways around it... and even more difficult to get passed.