Well, im sorry that they think that because i made it an incredibly top priority. Thats lanny breuer, the assistant attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division at the Justice Department. A week after the frontline report, he stepped down and is now expected to return to private corporate practice, one more government appointee spinning through the lucrative revolving door between washington and wall street. That door could be a big reason why government treats the banks with kid gloves. A man who once worked for citigroup, jack lew, the president s chief of staff, has been picked to be the new treasury secretary. And Mary Jo White, the newly named head of the securities and exchange commission, is a chief litigator at a top law firm representing big investment banks like morgan stanley. With all this happening, its time to talk with journalist matt taibbi. Youve seen him on our broadcast before. A contributing editor at rolling stone, hes been tracking the high crimes and misde
Well, im sorry that they think that because i made it an incredibly top priority. Thats lanny breuer, the assistant attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division at the Justice Department. A week after the frontline report, he stepped down and is now expected to return to private corporate practice, one more government appointee spinning through the lucrative revolving door between washington and wall street. That door could be a big reason why government treats the banks with kid gloves. A man who once worked for citigroup, jack lew, the president s chief of staff, has been picked to be the new treasury secretary. And Mary Jo White, the newly named head of the securities and exchange commission, is a chief litigator at a top law firm representing big investment banks like morgan stanley. With all this happening, its time to talk with journalist matt taibbi. Youve seen him on our broadcast before. A contributing editor at rolling stone, hes been tracking the high crimes and misde
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