Today's Washington Post has a much-discussed piece about a top McCain fundraiser named Harry Sargeant, who has "bundled" a huge amount of campaign contributions for McCain from a host of unlikely donors.

But there's another huge piece of the story that WaPo didn't report on -- one that could create complications for McCain.

Sargeant is the owner of an oil-trading company that has a lucrative Pentagon contract to supply fuel to the U.S. military in Iraq by way of Jordan -- and he's also reportedly getting sued by the brother-in-law of the King of Jordan over that contract.

In the suit, the brother-in-law, who is or was Sargeant's business partner, alleged that he used his connections in Jordan to help get wire the Pentagon contract for Sargeant only to get subsequently defrauded out of profits for it. He alleges that he persuaded Jordan to allow IOTC to deliver the fuel through Jordan -- a necessary requirement for getting the Pentagon contract.

What this means for McCain isn't really clear. But the upshot is that one of the more prolific bundlers for McCain appears to have bagged a huge contract to deliver fuel to the U.S. military in Iraq, even though he wasn't the lowest bidder for that contract, allegedly by relying partly on a connection in Jordan to deliver it.

Not only that, but the lawsuit also reportedly alleged that this chief McCain bundler tried to exclude other competitors from the contracting process in order to maximize profits off the war, though these allegations are a bit vague. The lawsuit appears to be ongoing; if it's been tossed out of court, it hasn't been reported yet.

There's even a juicy connection to Florida governor Charlie Crist, a leading McCain surrogate who is talked about as a potential McCain Veep: It turns out that Sargeant has also raised tons of money for Crist and even was his fraternity brother in college.

A few months ago, NBC News laid out the facts about the lawsuit in this piece. According to NBC, Sargeant's company, called International Oil Trading Company, has a Pentagon contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year to supply fuel, mostly aviation fuel, to the military, which it ships to Jordan and then across the border into Iraq. The company's latest contract is worth $913 million over two years, and the Pentagon confirmed to NBC that it wasn't the lowest bid.

Why did Sargeant's company get the contract? NBC explains, and details the suit...

The way the American military structured the deal, only a company with the blessing of the Jordanian government could win the contract. A bidder was required to have a Jordanian government "Letter of Authorization," and only IOTC received such a letter.

The lawsuit against Sargeant was filed April 10 in Florida state court by Mohammad Al-Saleh, who is married to the half sister of King Abdullah of Jordan. Al-Saleh's suit says he essentially brokered Sargeant's contract by arranging the approval and cooperation of the Jordanian government, using his "connections and influence."

The lawsuit alleges that Al-Saleh arranged for the Jordanian government "to issue a letter of authorization to IOTC." Al-Saleh's lawyer, Jonathan Frank, said, "Were it not for my client, they would not have been able to get that letter."

The lawsuit also suggests that Sargeant tried to exclude others from getting the lucrative contracts and moved to maximize profits off the war:

According to minutes of a company meeting in Amman attached to the lawsuit, Sargeant tried to exclude all rivals from the Pentagon contract and pushed for "maximizing profits by getting all the contracts and not leaving hope for the competitors."

The lawsuit further alleged that IOTC subsequently tried to defraud Al-Saleh out of profits from the contract, an allegation that IOTC flatly denies. You can read the rest about the lawsuit and about IOTC's response here.

We tried to reach Sargeant ourselves, but a person who answered the phone at his company said curtly that he wasn't available and abruptly hung up.

Bottom line: This Sargeant fellow is one of McCain's more prolific bundlers. Seems like there's a lot more here worth digging into.