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their existing function is they take over and immediately sell the assets and they don't run things, correct?

What is the purpose of that disclaimer?

At no time did you infer that, tell them that, or state that, at any time with ACA?

I have never seen anything like it.

the market fundamentals in subprime and the highly leveraged nature of CDOs was going to have a very unhappy ending.

So there wasn't a negotiation between the Treasury and Goldman on the AIG collateral?

I want to get your assessment.

One of the desks that would buy subprime mortgages, correct?

I am not saying there is anything wrong with the strategy. I did not say that.

So you would not think it would be prudent for somebody in risk management like you to maximize a position for Goldman Sachs to take advantage of that information and then make decisions about your competitors who were long in these areas?

Do you think it was ethical for Goldman to release all the personal emails of Mr. Tourre?

I don't think we have gotten there.

Markets have to have people on both sides of them. My concern is where is the ethical standard on when you expose your position as a market maker.

Well, whatever portion it was, in the year that it should have been paid, it wasn't.