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“The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission asked for more money after determining the budget wouldn’t cover everything it wants to do, such as electronically publishing documents obtained from banks, spokesman Tucker Warren said today.”

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July 2nd, 2010 at 9:06 am

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“What investigators are looking for is any turn of phrase that can give them insight into what people were thinking at that time[.]”

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June 11th, 2010 at 10:59 am

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NYTimes and CNBC catches up with an idea for the people to help the FCIC.

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June 10th, 2010 at 11:51 pm

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“They may have more to cover up than maybe we thought.”

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June 7th, 2010 at 10:38 pm

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“The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC), which has the power to subpoena banks and others for documents, has now promised to turn over any evidence that its new investigation uncovers to federal prosecutors who can bring criminal charges.”

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May 25th, 2010 at 12:28 am

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“But now Washington is taking a hard look at a range of maneuvers that help banks dress up their financial statements, and raising some uncomfortable questions about banks’ bookkeeping.”

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May 5th, 2010 at 8:38 am

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Moody’s served subpoena from FCIC

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April 23rd, 2010 at 8:17 am

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When you deliberately withhold adverse material information from customers, that is fraud. When you do this on a grand scale, the full weight of the law will come down on you and the people who supposedly supervised you. And if the weight of that law is no longer sufficient to deal with – and to prevent going forward – the latest forms of very old and reprehensible crimes, then it is again time to change the law.

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April 17th, 2010 at 2:06 pm

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“This is an issue the Commission has expressed interest in, inquired about and believes is of serious concern,” said Phil Angelides, chair of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. “What the Commission sees as its central mission is whether practices like this were widespread in the marketplace or isolated incidents.” The allegations against Goldman go to the “very trustworthiness of the marketplace,” Angelides said.

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April 17th, 2010 at 9:06 am

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Fancy schmancy accounting “rule” that forced us to bail out Citigroup is being closed.

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April 17th, 2010 at 8:56 am

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Regulators fued over WaMu as it was blowing up shows why “thinking” has to be taken out of regulations, & why they also need simplified.

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April 12th, 2010 at 8:18 am

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Ex CEO of Fannie Mae – Currently 97% of all home loans are run thru the federal government, and it will not revert to the private sector like it was in the past in my lifetime.

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April 9th, 2010 at 11:12 am

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FCIC Question – Why was your compensation pegged to AIG exec’s instead of the Director of a Homeless NonProfit org since you were so mission driven?

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April 9th, 2010 at 10:05 am

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You own some of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac – to the tune of trillions. Curious why? FCIC hearing today focuses on that.

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April 9th, 2010 at 8:31 am

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FCIC video, audio, transcripts of Day 1 online

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April 8th, 2010 at 8:06 am

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Should the FCIC release info it’s gathered so far?

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April 6th, 2010 at 8:43 am

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The more the American people know… FCIC vid

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April 3rd, 2010 at 7:40 pm

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FCIC to Focus on Subprime Lending, Securitization, GSEs

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April 2nd, 2010 at 8:10 am

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FCIC now has RSS feed

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March 22nd, 2010 at 11:34 am

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Why the FCIC needs your help to define what caused the financial meltdown

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March 18th, 2010 at 10:06 pm

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