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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (376589)	10/19/2008 9:26:07 AM
From: Terry Maloney	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

"Since 2004, F.B.I. officials have warned that mortgage fraud posed a looming threat, and the bureau has repeatedly asked the Bush administration for more money to replenish the ranks of agents handling nonterrorism investigations, according to records and interviews. But each year, the requests have been denied, with no new agents approved for financial crimes, as policy makers focused on counterterrorism." ... "Some F.B.I. officials worry privately that the trillion-dollar federal bailout of the financial industry may itself become a problem because it contains inadequate controls to deter fraud." Hmm. Anyone see a pattern here?