“before 2001, the FBI had more than one thousand agents assigned to investigating financial frauds, but after September 11 many of these agents were shifted to antiterrorism work.” – The Financial Crisis: Why Have No High-Level Executives Been Prosecuted? by Jed S. Rakoff
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“It does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications that if you do prosecute—if you do bring a criminal charge—it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy.” – Eric Holder testifying to congress and quoted in The Financial Crisis: Why Have No High-Level Executives Been Prosecuted? by Jed S. Rakoff