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Rep. Ackerman on Madoff Fraud (video)
This morning, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises is holding a hearing to assess th...
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Matthew Yglesias — By Brian Beutler The clips pretty much explain themselves. I’m not sure what privilege they were claiming, but surely it wasn’t executive privilege. Right? Maybe someone should give them a crash course in the meaning of the word “executive” vis a vis “executive privilege”. ...

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Firedoglake — Last Wednesday, Linda Thomsen was one of a handful of contemptuous SEC officials who appeared before Congress--and pretty much refused to answer any questions. That same day, new SEC head Mary Schapiro sent a very contrite letter to Paul Kanjorski, admitting, "Today's hearing before your ...

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Lawmaker To SEC Lawyer: "We Thought The Enemy Was Mr. Madoff. I Think It's You"
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/5/2009 — More great political theater from the Madoff hearings. Rep. Gary Ackerman, a New York Democrat, just reamed out the SEC's top lawyer, Andy Vollmer, over Vollmer's decision to decline to answer lawmakers' questions about the SEC's failure to catch ...
Watch The SEC Smackdown!Right Soup
No need for pay-per-view… in case you missed it while withdrawing all your money from your bank and hiding it VERY WELL, here’s the Securities and Exchange Commission getting their collective asses handed to them by Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY). The Bernie Madoff whistle-blower ...
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On the February 5 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends , co-host Brian Kilmeade falsely claimed that during a congressional subcommittee hearing the previous day, Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) was "going off at" Harry Markopolos, an accountant who blew the whistle on an alleged Ponzi scheme ...