It appears that a number of people are already profiting from the sale of some operations management of U.S. ports. But it ain’t the port guys.

Already, it has been established that former Sen. Bob Dole is, well, on the port dole. No surprise, then, that former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is also apparently drawing a check (someone should ask her just when she began drawing a check on this deal, as it appears it was some time ago, according to some Senate sources we talked to this afternoon).

But most interesting is the gossip among some Democratic Senators, who can’t figure out why their colleague, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, is so hot and bothered by the port deal, since they believe her husband, the former president, was consulted and received fees for said consulting on the port management sale.