Thompson and VeriChip have a lucrative partnership

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Former secretary of Health and Human Services Department Tommy Thompson has forged a lucrativepartnership with VeriChip Corp. — a company he used to regulate.

In 2005 and ’06, VeriChip paid nearly $1 million in legal fees to Washington law firm Akin Gump — where Thompson is a partner.

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