Better call the linguistic analyst

You know how much I hate to say I told you so.

A federal grand jury is investigating the Jindal administration’s award of a $185 million contract, according to a subpoena.

The Baton Rouge-based federal grand jury subpoenaed documents related to the state’s awarding of the contract for Medicaid claims processing to a company for which the state’s health chief once worked.

Client Network Services Inc., called CNSI and based in Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded the contract in 2011 amid some complaints that the company “low balled” the price and made erroneous assumptions in its proposal.

The contract was awarded by the state Department of Health and Hospitals and signed off on by the Jindal administration amid complaints from other vendors.

At the time, state health secretary Bruce Greenstein, a one-time CNSI executive, said he took himself out of the contract dealings. Documents revealed Greenstein influenced a document change that allowed CNSI to compete.

But some of us certainly thought the thing looked suspicious at the time. 

Jindal's legal team is diligently trolling the NOLA.com comment forums for a defense.

Adding: Again, totally don't mean to say I told you so