Speaking of failed banks, offical cover-ups, and the mother of all banking crises ...
For those who delve occasionally into escapist mystery fiction - based loosely on historical fact (in the 'Law and Order' tradition, perhaps).... ... a clever new thriller is out - fictionalizing the continuing repercussions of the massive BCCI scandal of the previous generation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International You must be a non-sexist to appreciate Robin Burcell's female FBI agent in "Face of a Killer" - she is no Dirty Harriette and uses her sketchbook more often than her Glock ... http://www.robinburcell.com/ Some of our present Banking problems, such as "Official Complicity" in high level criminality, goes back that far - to BCCI. A few of the characters are still around. One of them came pretty close to the White House... Before it failed, BCCI was the 7th largest private bank in the world by assets - courtesy of the CIA ("Caught In the Act") among other noted "depostitors" soon to be "early withdrawers" - previous Administrations have managed to sweep most of the rampant criminality under the carpet. Will the "full truth, and nothing but", finally come to light in this New and vaunted Transparent Administration ? Time will tell....
