The big banks have committed massive crimes and manipulated virtually every market.
The failure to prosecute fraud is preventing a sustainable economic recovery.
As such, prosecuting Wall Street fraud is arguably an issue of national security.
The government is collecting everything … and spying on just about everything we do. So why can’t it gather info on the crimes of the big banks … so we can prosecute them?
You might assume that spying is only used to stop terrorism.
But the government has – in fact – often invoked national security powers in regards to the financial system. For example, Business Week reported on May 23, 2006:
