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Analyst Calls for General Fraud Audit of Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securitizations
Economic Policy Journal ^ | 11/2/09 | Robert Wenzel

Posted on 11/02/2009 8:18:44 AM PST by FromLori

Edited on 11/02/2009 8:20:18 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Yesterday, I linked to an anonymous blogger/Goldman apologist who wrote that Tavakoli "has always been more bark than bite. Being provocative is part of her shtick."

In August 2007, I publicly challenged the fact that AIG took no write-downs whatsoever for its credit default swaps on underlying mortgage related “super senior” positions. I used the example of its aggregate $19.2 billion in credit default swaps on super senior positions backed by BBB-rated tranches of residential mortgage backed securities. I spoke with Warren Buffett, but only about what I had already told the Wall Street Journal (Dear Mr. Buffett Pp. 164-165, 246).


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bailouts; corruption; fedeeralreserve; goldmansachs

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