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To: ravenseye who wrote (2253)2/1/2007 3:52:30 PM
From: rrufff  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 5034
 
Lots of stuff to make the shorty-scam-defenders upset


2 Senators Renew Attacks on S.E.C. Hedge Fund Investigation
By WALT BOGDANICH

Published: February 1, 2007
nytimes.com

...Both senators said their statements reflected the findings of an interim report, which is expected to be released today, on their investigation of the S.E.C.’s conduct in the case. ...

...“The S.E.C. should have taken Mr. Aguirre’s allegations seriously,” Mr. Grassley said. “Instead, it circled the wagons and shot the whistle-blower — an all-too-familiar practice in Washington.”...

...The S.E.C.’s investigation “was plagued with problems from its beginning to its abrupt conclusion,” Mr. Grassley said. “The termination of Mr. Aguirre by the S.E.C. was highly suspect given the timing and circumstances.”

Both senators had particularly harsh words for the S.E.C.’s inspector general, Walter J. Stachnik. Mr. Specter said that in all his years in the Senate he could not recall “an I.G. who said less, did less and was thoroughly inadequate in the investigation.”...