Yves Smith has a post laying out one of the most troublesome aspects of the response to the revelation of foreclosure fraud. As she explains, to conduct an “independent review” of its PR-servicing “review” of its own servicing practices, GMAC picked the lawfirm that has been in charge of its national counsel on servicing issues. [...]

A review of how Ashcroft’s testimony to HJC on torture matches what we learned in the CIA IG Report.

Maxine Waters got into one key area of distrust on the bailouts: the ubiquity of Goldman Sachs in bailout plans.

Tim Geithner sure didn’t seem all that interested in Waters’ questions on the bailout.