Elected ministers pushed for some liberalization and privatization of communications services on grounds of efficiency and speed, but also undoubtedly to get access to the corruption revenue investments. The wrangling between the politicians on the one side, and CAT TOT bureaucrats and their military patrons on the other, brought some of the internal workings of the ministry and its agencies into the light of day Those involved talked to newspapers about the "consolidated TOT mafia," about executives who would "ask for material benefits from business directly without fears," and about attempts to buy position in the agencies for many million baht (Sa 2000, 149, 155).