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Thursday, April 5, 2012

''US Federal Reserve not involved in Watergate, watchdog says''

From Ahram Online

"The Federal Reserve did not help the Watergate burglars get cash, stonewall congressional inquiries into the 1970s political scandal or help former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein get a $5.5 billion loan to buy weapons in the 1980s, the agency's inspector general said in a report posted on the Fed's website on Tuesday.

The report is the result of a political tiff in 2010 that touched off a sizeable government investigation on topics seldom associated with the U.S. central bank.

The Federal Reserve has become a punching bag in the Republican presidential race because of its easy-money policies after the recent financial crisis."

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