Mr. Kellermann was also working in a poisonous political atmosphere. In addition to taking criticism over the bonuses, he was recently involved in tense conversations with the company’s federal regulator over its routine financial disclosures, according to people close to those discussions who also spoke on condition of anonymity. Freddie Mac executives wanted to emphasize to investors that they believed the company was being run to benefit the government, rather than shareholders.
I hope Barney Frank at least sends flowers to family of the deceased. It’s a crime that he’s still a Congressman.
Believe you are right! It does fit the pattern of this Administration.
Also, conspicuously missing --> statements from Obambi and Barney Frank (who has known this guy for 16 years)
shrug...
Interesting, people surrounding Clinton suddenly started “disappearing” now it seems to be happening around ZERO... Hmmmmmm.....
This is NY Times spin. No way the pressure increased more recently. The guy was getting a retention bonus and he could have just quit. He knew something.
Fannie and Freddie are so corrupt but they are filled with Obama voters and slackers who have no clue. This guy could have quit if the pressure was so bad.
He knew too much. Who worked there? Was it Rahm or Gorelnick? Rahm worked at one and Gorelnick worked at another. I think Rahm was at Freddie.
O’s goons were just doing clean up. This guy knew too much.
If he was worried about attacks on his family, the way to handle that was to shoot/hang oneself? That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
Sure, padding the old pocket under the table, the man was caught and knew it!
I don't buy for a minute that he committed suicide. He was troubled and perhaps troubled enough to start talking. Welcome to the trial of dead bodies era, AGAIN.
Hmmm I'll always wonder if Hitlery has any regrets about Vince Foster and his fate ... . Was it worth it Hitlery?
I feel so sad for his 5-year old daughter and her mom. Why couldn’t he just resign if the pressure was unreasonable?
How much help did Mr. Kellermann have putting the noose around his neck? What did he know, and what was he going to say?
What the hell did he expect? If you act like a Stakhanovite tool, you'll be treated like one and worked to death.
I can only imagine what it has to be like working for a company seized and then run by this administration. Assuming reports are correct, he was an honest guy and a good man, what tipped the scales?
And yet Barney Frank denies any responsibility in the Freddie / Fannie mess. I’d like to see him deny it in front of Kellerman’s widw and five year old daughter.
And then there is the bonus issue. No matter what anyone’s opinion is of that, no one should have used it to make many of these people the most hated people in America. It is one thing to be angry. It is another thing to demonize them without a second thought.