threatening you. unless you back off, you're toast. >> the other part of that, if i could change my tone and be more upbeat and positive, good things could happen to me including maybe a judgeship or some other presidential appointment. it was disturbing and i think most disturbing because that's the reality in washington right now for so many of the regulators. if they play ball and don't push too hard on the banks, no worries, you know, big pot of gold but you push back and you could do yourself real harm. >> you were brought in to be the eyes and ears, inspector general to make sure on behalf of congress to make sure the money in tarp was being spent correctly. you're a life long democrat and you supported and donated to barack obama and yet, it was during the bush years that you were asked to come in, right? >> yeah, it was a straight appointment, i had a background prosecuting securities fraud and started a mortgage fraud unit in the southern district of new york where he was a prosecutor so they hired me based on that experience. >> sure. >> to be the watchdog. >> in your estimation and it's clear from the book, the way that treasury secretary and the way the tarp money was doled