Gary Ackerman: “What the heck went on? Your mission, you said, was to -- was to…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2009

What the heck went on? Your mission, you said, was to -- was to protect investors and detect fraud quickly. How did that work out? What went wrong?

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Ackerman questions the SEC's failure to detect fraud despite being alerted by a whistleblower.

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