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mick063

(2,424 posts)
7. Right after 9/11, President Bush diverted 500 FBI agents from white collar crime to Terrorism.
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 10:56 PM
Jul 2013

Last edited Wed Jul 24, 2013, 12:44 AM - Edit history (1)

Some investigations were simply stopped dead in their tracks.

In 2008, the FBI complained that they could not properly investigate the housing collapse because so many assets were tied up with the war on Terrorism.

Since then, the Dept. of Justice has declined to investigate the 2008 collapse, largely leaving it to the New York and California Attorney Generals. After the states had provided enough information to make the endeavor worthwhile to pursue at the federal level, Eric Holder comes out with his "Too big to prosecute" bullshit.

Currently we are building massive surveillance capability to counter terrorism, meanwhile, a man from Goldman Sachs has a seat on the cabinet, and Goldman Sachs has been recently implicated with manipulating copper and aluminum prices. All this, despite the fact that the Joint Chiefs of Staffs have declared that economic instability trumps terrorism as the primary threat to US Security.

But for some reason, we must build that giant fucking server center in Utah.

"Heckuva Job Larry!", says the President.



"Heckuva Job Larry!" mick063 Jul 2013 #1
Ask your Doctor if Integrity is right for your country. Octafish Jul 2013 #3
Right after 9/11, President Bush diverted 500 FBI agents from white collar crime to Terrorism. mick063 Jul 2013 #7
We live in Gangster Times. Banksters told FBI guys to STFU. Octafish Jul 2013 #12
Don't forget Brooksley Borne who warned back during the Clinton admin what would happen sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #15
Black has a conflict of interest here MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #2
True that. I bet he thinks Neil Bush should've gone to jail for that measly billion. Octafish Jul 2013 #4
I remember when Neil testified to Congress about Silverado MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #10
Poppy was his BFEE Get Out of Jail free card. Octafish Jul 2013 #17
Excellent post........nt Enthusiast Jul 2013 #19
But there is criminal activity and criminal activity. What we consider criminal activity doesnt rhett o rick Jul 2013 #25
Larry the-Glass-is-half-Steagall Summers suckz! leftstreet Jul 2013 #5
Imagine the good he can do at the FED? 8 Reasons NOT to hire Summers... Octafish Jul 2013 #8
Other than that what have you got? rhett o rick Jul 2013 #29
K&R'd! snot Jul 2013 #6
Obama's choice of sleazebags like Summers and Pritzker shows whose side he's on. forestpath Jul 2013 #9
So we agree on that. Where do we go from here? nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #30
Even worse, he made the crisis happen by denigrating Brooksley Born GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #11
He didn't just ignore her warning, he helped drive her from her job. Summers is an unethical, sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #16
True GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #24
All considered great qualities for the 1%. Do you think Pres Obama shares Summers vision or rhett o rick Jul 2013 #31
You forget, 'conflict of interest' went out the window after the 2000 selection. Rex Jul 2013 #13
They're all on the same side. And We the People aren't on it. Octafish Jul 2013 #38
I hear ya brother! Rex Jul 2013 #42
Funny how a jury will throw out the photoshopped bush/obama pic, which is more an editorial jtuck004 Jul 2013 #14
This is definitely a ''dog bites man'' story. DeSwiss Jul 2013 #18
"in the end, we let them" mick063 Jul 2013 #21
Fuck wall street. n/t Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #20
^ Wilms Jul 2013 #22
Why does Obama consistantly make the worst picks for his appointments? Fawke Em Jul 2013 #23
Worst pick... For *who* MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #26
IMHO he made a pact with the devil to become president. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #27
So he's that "nigra" from "Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?' Fawke Em Jul 2013 #32
I am convinced that the presidency has become a figure-head position. Whether rhett o rick Jul 2013 #28
"..the same "players" like Clapper, Mueller, Comey, Alexander, Bernanke, Summers, etc, etc, will chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #40
I was hoping someone would talk me out of it. Thanks a lot. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #41
William Black is awesome GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #33
Two Things Black Says Every American Needs to Know About the Great Bankster Bailout Octafish Jul 2013 #36
"deregulation and desupervision"? Odd term for regulators falling down on the job GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #43
Obama appoints Summers and it will be indisputable (imnsho) that he is CORRUPT. AzDar Jul 2013 #34
That is the word for it. Octafish Jul 2013 #37
At least Larry's not sexist... MinM Jul 2013 #35
He'd Face A Rough Time In Any Confirmation... KharmaTrain Jul 2013 #39
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