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What sockpuppets are downvoting this? Not your typical downvoted HN comment, yet, here it is at the bottom.

I was going to post this exact same quote. It is in my clipboard.

Controversial note: When politicians talk about defunding the EPA, people get upset. When the EPA pulls stunts like this, it makes you question their purpose. Seriously, why have regulators that "tip off" the very companies that they are supposed to be regulating?

Unfortunately it is legal. Not even fraud. At most major corporate negligence.

When approached by a company to provide time and expertise dealing with a business problem, do you provide it for free?

This is like a judge (or a jury member) accepting a bribe from a prosecutor or a defense attorney. That's illegal.