Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a Republican commissioner on the FCIC who did not sign onto the final report, made some statement to the media about how the FCIC already investigated the areas of inquiry concerning the crash of the housing bubble and found no criminal wrongdoing. But the Chair of the FCIC, Phil Angelides points to the FCIC’s report noting there were criminal referrals, and that was a year ago.

When Darrell Issa took over the House Oversight Committee, Democrats were nervous that he would use it as a launching pad to pummel the White House with frivolous investigations. It hasn’t really worked out that way. And now, he’s covering investigations up.

Preet Bharara makes the world safe for hedge fund traders. The rest of you can go hang.

Preet Bharara, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is letting the statute of limitations run on securities fraud related to sales of real estate mortgage-backed securities. He’s very busy with insider trading cases and partying with his buddies at the law firms that got reich creating teh deals and then coping with the fall-out.

Whether the even richer Arianna Huffington and her new venture represents the public remains to be seen, but in asking these questions thus far, it most certainly has. And there is an army right behind her if she fails to continue.

The Final Report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission talks about Suspicious Activity Reports, but doesn’t connect the dots. Neither did FinCEN, the federal agency responsible for handling them, or Timothy Geithner, who is in charge of FinCEN, or Eric Holder, the AG, charged with prosecuting mortgage fraud and failure to file SARS, among other things.

Considering that even the members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission who I’ve asked believe we haven’t even settled this financial crisis yet, the pace of crises may have accelerated.

Honest, I’m posting this video not for obvious affinities I have for Dylan Ratigan’s argument. But mostly because of the obvious suggestion, based on the resources we dedicate to investigating them, that Clinton’s blowjob was five times more dangerous for our country than the crash of our entire financial system.

The Final Report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is a fascinating history of the Great Crash of 2008. Join us as FDL’s Ed Walker hosts a special FDL Book Salon chat with Commissioner Byron Georgiou about the FCIC’s findings.

Join us for a special FDL Book Salon tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. ET when FDL’s Ed Walker will host a live chat with Financial Crisis Inquiry Commissioner Byron Georgiou. They’ll be discussing the FCIC’s financial crisis report and take your questions on the same.