I think you're confusing bonus pay outs with AIG giving TARP money to overseas BANKS.
Personally, I think AIG should tell Cuomo to pound sand.
He said the bonuses were from last years profits and most of the execs had already left the company and they had contracts and they were Brits, like him.
Plus the guy running AIG was the guy Spitzer had put in place after he harassed the original founder (Hank Greenburg) out of the company with phony indictments and legal pressure. I think that after Greenburg fought the charges they were all dismissed, I know Spitzer came out it embarrassed.