qualifications

Andrew Natsios, the (now) former head of the United States Agency for International Development, resigned today. Some people liked him, some didn't - the same old story. But this is what I find most interesting:

"Before joining the Bush administration, Natsios was chairman and chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, where he managed the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, or 'Big Dig.'"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/02/AR2005120200557.html

The Big Dig is widely know to have been the biggest example of corruption and ineptitude in local government in the history of the world. It cost at least twice as much as it was supposed to and took at least twice as long as it was supposed to. The Big Dig was completed last year and already leaks and has problems.

So how exactly does overseeing the biggest disaster of public spending in history qualify you to oversee other projects?