In
DC Reshuffle,
Citigroup-er
Lew Eyed for
Treasury, of
Frank, FOIA
&
Rendition
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
WASHINGTON,
January
9 -- Alongside
President
Barack Obama's
nominations of
John
Kerry, Chuck
Hagel and John
Brennan, the
post of
Treasury
Secretary
is said to be
slated for
former
Citigroup-er
Jack Lew.
Given
Citigroup's
role in
predatory
lending and
the global
financial
meltdown, some
are asking how
could a senior
Citigroup
official
during the
critical time
from 2006
through 2008
be considered
for
Treasury
Secretary?
Others
counter-argue
that Lew
worked for Tip
O'Neill, the
Speaker of the
House from
Massachusetts,
albeit in
1979.
Meanwhile,
former
Congressman
from
Massachusetts
Barney Frank
has let it be
known he'd
like to be
appointed as
temporary
fill-in
Senator for
John
Kerry,
nominated
instead of Susan
Rice to
replace
Hillary
Clinton as
Secretary of
State.
One
wag suggested,
if MoveOn is
proposing Paul
Krugman to
replace (non)
tax man
Timothy
Geithner as
Treasury
Secretary, why
not Barney
Frank?
Why not Daniel
Tarullo?
Lower
down the
financial food
chain, the
name of
Nicholas
Retsinas has
been
floated for
FHFA. And in
anti-Freedom
of Information
Act news, now
that Lisa
Jackson who
created fake
e-mail
accounts to
evade FOIA
has
stepped down,
should
compliance
with
Government in
the Sunshine
laws
be a criteria
for the
Environmental
Protection
Agency and all
other
top
appointments?
On
Chuck Hagel's
nomination as
Defense
Secretary, now
Elliot Abrams
has
been disavowed
by his current
employer, the
Council on
Foreign
Relations
(whose chief,
Robert Haas,
makes $800,000
a year, it has
emerged).
It's
John Brennan's
nomination for
CIA Director
that may face
most
opposition, on
what are
diplomatically
called
enhanced or
"unique"
interrogation
techniques and
rendition.
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