Contractor Aaron Bennett doesn't grasp his right to silence:
James Gill  Reporters are not required to read dubious
characters their Miranda rights, which is too bad for Aaron
Bennett. An attorney would certainly have told Bennett to dummy
up when a Times-Picayune reporter came calling. Instead,
speaking from vast experience, he explained that pay-offs were
the secret to landing public contracts.  aaron-
bennett.jpgBenetech owner Aaron Bennett  When the story was
published, it included only one revelation that failed to shock:
Bennett did not make it through high school.  At the time of the
interview, Bennett had not yet been indicted for bribing
Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Jiff Hingle, but he must have had an
idea of what was coming. A few weeks later he and Hingle were
charged in a bill of information, a sure sign that they had
negotiated a deal with the feds to plead guilty.  In the
circumstances, Bennett would have to be an idiot to allow that
his company, Benetech, had suddenly prospered post Katrina by su