Ongoing Wall Street criminality is key Obama failing

Fascinating documentary by PBS Frontline that outlines the far-too-cosy relationship, along with gutlessness, between Wall Street and the Obama administration. No Wall Street executives have done jail time for the massive fraud uncovered during the global financial crisis. This is as much a scandal as Washington’s drone war in the far-reaches of the world. Unaccountable power, embraced by Barack Obama. The US President is a symbol of many things to many people. In reality, he’s a plutocrat keen to protect his plutocrat mates:

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Glenn Greenwald outlines the story.

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