$FNMA #FANNIEGATE "intense publicity" - Dickerson on blackrock bank exam priv.
so first, sweeney releases 7 documents and indicates misuses of a protective order:
here's what's neat about what's happening in judge sweeney's courtroom, first, defendant shall provide the court with supporting affadvaits from agency heads or their delegates for privilege:

so then the government files two signatures and asks if that meets the criteria for its assertions, and judge sweeney basically fills the void:


and so let's look at the assertions, which really are baseless... aka ... "so why aren't these things redacted or filed under seal explaining why the documents should be redacted? this looks like a filing that just asserts a privilege, but why?"
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yeah.. okay

chilled from gathering relevant information, exploring alternatives, and providing fully informed recommendations?
i just don't understand that one, i thought we just read that Judge Sweeney pointed out that we were supposed to take the government at their word that the United States had no control over the enterprises, so why would emails amongst presidential advisors matter?
and so here's another under perjury signature, except this one is more or less riskless because this isn't pulling an ugoletti:

so let's look at the other privilege assertions:













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