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szatmar666 Donating Member (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 12:52 PM
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UBS whistleblower jailed longer than tax cheats he reported on
 
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"A former banker for the Swiss giant UBS who blew the whistle on the biggest tax evasion scheme in US history is asking President Obama today for clemency to coincide with Tax Day, the day US income tax returns are due for most people. In January, Bradley Birkenfeld began serving a forty-month sentence despite playing a key role in uncovering the bank scandal. He first came forward to US authorities in 2007 and began providing inside information on how UBS was helping thousands of Americans evade taxes by hiding billions of dollars in secret Swiss accounts."
Full Story: http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/15/ubs

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7yI3Z_PgeU
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 01:18 PM
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1. K & R
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dotymed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 01:28 PM
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2. Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 01:29 PM
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3. that is so WRONG. I suppose he should have negotiated with them, but I'm sure he thought being so
honest and just going to them would result in them giving him immunity. President Obama should thank him for the taxpayer and give him freedom for what he's been through already.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 01:38 PM
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4. give any Wall Street or banking whistleblowers the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 02:46 PM
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6. exactly, sane Americans would thank him for doing so!
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bulloney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 02:36 PM
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5. That's going to encourage any future whistleblowing on the Wall Street corruption.
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 02:47 PM
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7. makes you wonder WHY they haven't pardoned him yet... I really think it's a no-brainer, and hope the
president acts on this.
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szatmar666 Donating Member (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 05:13 PM
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8. it's a no-brainer if you think we live in a democratic capitalist country
But unfortunately this is a world empire with oligarchs and unsavory economic gangsters in charge and there is not 1 single politician, including Obama who can help with that. This much is clear by now.
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