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To: longnshort who wrote (32217)2/4/2009 3:42:09 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
What's the point?

I think that Harry Markopolos made the point... (and probably a lot better then I did) when he told Congress that:

"The SEC is ...captive to the industry it regulates and it is afraid of bringing big cases against the largest most powerful firms...."

The financial regulators had been 'put to sleep'. The Cops were taken off the job....