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File - In this May 13, 2010 file photo, Goldman Sachs headquarters is shown in New York. Goldman Sachs' first-quarter income fell 72 percent Tuesday, April 19, 2011, after the bank paid out $1.64 billion in dividends as it redeemed preferred shares it issued to billionaire investor Warren Buffett during the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file) (AP)

Journalists spar over Goldman Sachs' crimes

Natasha Lennard

Deutsche Bank headquarters, Frankfurt

Larry Neumeister

Former Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan listens to opening statements as he testifies before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 7 , 2010. Making it easier for poorer Americans to get mortgages didn't push the country into crisis but Wall Street's drive to package the loans into opaque securities helped do so, Greenspan said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Â© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

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United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. In a nod to the post-crisis atmosphere, the World Economic Forum shifts its attention on Friday to austerity measures and priorities for improving the economy. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (AP)

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The partisan divide and the financial crisis

Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, testifies before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington April 7 , 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) (Â© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

FILE - In this file photo taken July 21, 2010, a "bank owned" sign is seen on a home that is listed as a foreclosure on a HUD website, in Hawthorne, Calif. Complaints against banks are soaring, suggesting that new laws and regulations put in place since the financial crisis two years ago aren't dampening Americans' anger over overdraft fees and foreclosure practices they view as unfair.(AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file) (AP)

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Peter Wallison, a Republican appointee to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

John Thain (L), chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch & Co, smiles as Bank of America Corp Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lewis speaks during a news conference announcing Bank of America Corporation's acquisition of Merril Lynch in a $50 billion all-stock transaction in New York September 15, 2008. Bank of America Corp's planned $50 billion acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co would create the world's second-largest bank by market value, after Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, and combine the largest U.S. consumer bank with one of the largest U.S. investment banks and the leading retail brokerage force. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES) (Â© Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)

Fannie, Freddie revoke Florida foreclosures

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FILE - This March 7, 2008 file photo shows Angelo Mozilo, founder and former CEO of Countrywide Financial Corporation, testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A judge ruled Friday Oct. 8, 2010 that federal regulators in an upcoming trial can use a message written by Mozilo, in which he called himself a "magnet" for prosecution. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh, File) (AP)

A "bank owned" sign is seen on a home that is listed as a foreclosure on a HUD website, in Hawthorne, Calif., Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Mortgage default notices for California homeowners have fallen to a three-year low after a fifth straight quarterly decline as conditions improved in more affordable, foreclosure-battered markets, a research firm reported Wednesday. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) (Reed Saxon)

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Eliot Spitzer

Pick of the week: The year's best documentary

President Barack Obama signs emergency unemployment benefits legislation in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, July 22, 2010, Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

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