Major Players
From Crashopedia
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AIG
Joseph Cassano (head of AIG FP): sold $500 billion in CDS in 7 years
Michael Bopp (Michael Bopp, a partner in the law firm's Washington, DC, office, is representing Joseph Cassano as congressional leaders want to know more about his role at AIG) 3-27-09
C.K. Lee (OTC regulator over AIG)
Joseph St. Denis (AIG accountant who became concerned about CDS exposure but was forced out by Cassano)
Federal Reserve / Treasury
Henry Paulson
Timothy Geithner
Derivatives Industry Insiders
Mark Brickell (chief lobbyist for derivatives industry), was present when credit default swaps were invented at a JP Morgan retreat in 1994
Congress
Phil Gramm (primary force behind de-regulation of derivatives)
Byron Dorgan (proposed legislation in 1994 to regulate derivatives)
Ed Markey, Mass house, good guy
Key Journalists/Authors
Charles R. Morris, author of Trillion Dollar Meltdown
Gillian Tett, UK
Frank Partnoy, author of Infectious Greed
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone article on AIG collapse and bailout
Academics
William Black
Henry Hu
