Exactly. One does get the feeling that privatizing an entity but then keeping it in the governments, err, vicinity is very convenient; if anything has to be exc

Exactly. One does get the feeling that privatizing an entity but then keeping it in the governments, err, vicinity is very convenient; if anything has to be excused or justified you can always choose one from "but it's a private company" or "since it is effectively controlled by the government", whatever works for you-