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The dishonest "Blame Dodd" scheme from Treasury officials

Anonymous administration officials, various reporters, and the right-wing noise machine concoct a false history to blame Chris Dodd for the AIG bonuses.
Glenn Greenwald

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 02:38 AM

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UPDATE II: Rather oddly, the NYT article I quoted above, by David Herzsenhorn, has been moved on the NYT site and is now at this link (see here). Most importantly, it has been re-written to reflect that fact that it was not Dodd who inserted the exception for past contracts:

"Importantly" means "in an important manner." The correct form is: "Most important, it has been rewritten..."

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