If the right-wing goes after Geithner, then they're going after the banks and the billions in taxpayer money they received. The right-wing media in this country have no interest in attacking big money, big corporations or big banks. So, while they'll talk about how Janet Napolitano should be fired for misspeaking for ten straight days, Geithner is remarkably bullet-proof. Why? Because they actually love what he's doing."
And now the White House has joined the cover-up. Read this exchange between CNN's Ed Henry and Obama news flack Robert Gibbs, and weep:
"Q: Robert, Does the White House believe that Secretary Geithner should testify on the Hill, turn over any documents he has, to sort of clear this up?
MR. GIBBS: Ed, I'd point you to the Treasury Department. I'm sure you've already talked to them. Secretary Geithner was not involved in any of these emails. These decisions did not rise to his level at the Fed. These are emails and decisions made by officials at an independent regulatory agency
Q: But how do you know that he wasn't involved? He was the leader of the New York Fed.
MR. GIBBS: Right, but he wasn't on the emails that have been talked about and wasn't party to the decision that was being made.
Q: Well, Republican Congressman Issa says there are probably thousands of more emails and he may not be on some that some people have looked at. In the interest of transparency would the White House want more -- I mean, you run AIG now, essentially
MR. GIBBS: I would point you to the Department of Treasury, which I think will tell you that
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