Is Probe Of AIG Bailout, Payments To Counter-Parties, In The Offing?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 26th, 2009 4:40 am by HL
Is Probe Of AIG Bailout, Payments To Counter-Parties, In The Offing?
Is the momentum building for an investigation into the real beneficiaries of AIG’s latest bailout? Earlier this month, the Treasury Department announced it was rescuing the fallen insurance giant yet again, bringing the total amount of taxpayer assistance given to…
Report: Stanford May Hire DeLay Lawyer
We probably should have seen this coming. Billionaire Texas banker Allen Stanford is considering hiring Dick DeGuerin — the heavy-hitting Texas defense lawyer who has represented a string of big-name clients, including former House Speaker Tom DeLay — to defend…
Does Obama’s Approach To State Secrets Ape Bush’s?
Is the Obama administration aping its predecessor by taking a dangerously broad view of state secrecy, enabling them to avoid revealing information about warrantless wiretaps and other controversial tactics in the war on terror? The Washington Post raises the question…