It will be very interesting to see how all this pans out.
Remember in June when Congress subpoenaed the Federal Reserve to hand over e-mails, notes and other documents related to its role in Bank of America
Corp.'s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co? I have been able to find lots of documentation on the subpoena itself, but not much on any results
obtained from said subpoena. Does anyone know if the Fed complied and what the outcome of that was? I'm assuming they just told Congress to go
pound sand but it doesn't seem like it was ever reported on. Big surprise there.
What blows my mind is that this current action is the result of a FOIA request by Bloomberg reporters:
The case arose when two Bloomberg News reporters submitted requests under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) about actions the Fed took
to shore up the financial system in 2007 and early 2008, including an expansion of lending programs and the sale of Bear Stearns Cos to JPMorgan Chase
& Co (JPM.N). After the Fed resisted the request, Bloomberg sued to compel disclosure.
Reuters
It seems as if this is setting a major precedent here. If all it takes if FOIA requests to get this information from the Federal Reserve, then how
much other information could we obtain?
Could we essentially audit the Fed thru FOIA requests?
Originally posted by Ex_MislTech
The audit the Fed bill passed the house, if they can just get it by
the lobbyist lackeys in the Senate now.
This is not true, HR1207 -Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009 ie. "Audit the Fed Bill" has not passed in the House. In fact it is being held
hostage in the House Financial Services Committee by none other than Barney Frank.
www.govtrack.us...
When Senator DeMint tried to attach similar legislation (S604) to an appropriations bill in July he was blocked by Senate Leaders.
HR1207 and S604 could be the real downfall of the Federal Reserve if they are ever allowed to be voted on by Congress. If it passes, it will be a
great victory for the American People, but even if it does not pass we will be able to root out those Congress-persons who voted "no". We can find
out once and for all which members of Congress are aligning themselves with big banking interests and vote them out in 2010.
If this is something that truly concerns you and you want to do something about it then find out if your Representative has co-signed HR1207 and sign
the petition.
Audit the Fed Petition
If your Representative has not co-signed, then bombard his or her office with emails, faxes, letters and phone calls asking why not.
[edit on 26-8-2009 by DrZERO]