Bloomberg News sues Fed to force disclosure of collateral

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by Debaser82, Nov 8, 2008.

  1. ammo

    ammo

    they could or will do the greenspan no speak,mumbo jumbo,in courts its called legaleze,in american jargon its called bullshit,to a 7 year old it's called a lie
     
    #11     Nov 8, 2008
  2. Arjun1

    Arjun1

    This is defiantly a great lawsuit but what Bloomberg doesn't understand about the Federal Reserve System (according to Ed Seykota) is that:

    Its not Federal

    Has no Reserves

    And doesn't follow any System
     
    #12     Nov 8, 2008
  3. The money is taxpayers so the treasury should be the one disclosing.
     
    #13     Nov 8, 2008
  4. ammo

    ammo

    The money was monopoly money,when the game ends ,it's worthless, this was the greatest heist in the history of modern banking, in broad daylight ,on global television with all of our elected leaders and lawmakeres signing it over. Truly the ultimate example of how sheepish we have become
     
    #14     Nov 8, 2008
  5. seems like a valid point
     
    #15     Nov 8, 2008
  6. I'm fairly certain that if even the ET riff-raff know the Fed is not technically a federal institution, it's highly likely Bloomberg's lawyers know it as well.

    So the real question is why they're proceeding anyway knowing that will be the first objection raised and have without a doubt already prepared a rebuttal.

    What is that rebuttal?
     
    #17     Nov 8, 2008
  7. That ya can't screw with the press, even if you are the Federalist.
     
    #18     Nov 8, 2008
  8. jprad

    jprad

    If you want to split hairs here's the gist of it from the article:

    "The bulk of the documents Bloomberg sought are at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which she said isn't subject to the freedom of information law. "

    The member banks are private, it's the the Board of Governors in Washington that is the quasi-government component that falls under the FOIA.
     
    #19     Nov 8, 2008
  9. We should look up Sandy Berger and see if he wants another assignment.
     
    #20     Nov 8, 2008