Banks Too Big To Jail, Hacktivists and Citizens Not

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A great many people around the county were rightfully shocked and horrified by the recent excellent and hard-hitting PBS documentary, The Untouchables, which looked at the problem of high-ranking Wall Street crooks going unpunished in the wake of the financial crisis. The PBS piece certainly rattled some cages, particularly in Washington, in a way that few media efforts succeed in doing. *

Attorney General Eric Holder is revealing why Wall Street hasn’t been charged for fraud or any other crimes. In Senate testimony, he pretty much said banks are too big to jail, that they will not be pursued. Where is the justice in letting big banks run free- even be bailed out while the government – while aggressively attacking hacktivist Aaron Swartz?