After a Democratic Report showed that Peter Wallison by repeatedly broke the law, by leaking confidential information and by lying to Congress, The Atlantic offered him a platform to advocate the repeal of Dodd-Frank.
Peter Wallison doubled down on his lies last week, when he argued that the FCIC sought to "suppress," the data compiled by his AEI colleague Ed Pinto, whose data was: (a) discussed on page 219 of the report, (b) analyzed in an FCIC memo, (c) disseminated as part of Berkeley Prof. Dwight Jaffee's public testimony and presentation, and (d) made available to the public here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here along with Pinto's befuddled responses to FCIC questioning here.
Wallison's latest lie was prompted by a Congressional report, released last week, which documented his illegal maneuvers. Both Wallison and FCIC Co-Chair Bill Thomas illegally leaked confidential FCIC documents to The American Enterprise Institute. Wallison leaked to Pinto, and Thomas leaked to AEI Research Fellow Alex Brill. Emails disclosed as part of the report reveal that Wallison urged his GOP colleagues on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission "to use their positions on the commission to help House Republicans in their efforts to repeal the Dodd-Frank Act."
One day after the November 2010 elections, Wallison wrote to GOP Douglas Holtz-Eakin, "It's very important, I think, that what we say in our separate statements not undermine the ability of the new House GOP to modify or repeal Dodd-Frank."
The Atlantic feels exactly the same way. It doesn't matter how many lies Wallison tells, or how many illegal acts he performs. The editors are not about to disclose anything that would interfere with the Wallison/Atlantic agenda, which is to thwart financial reform at every turn. That's why it published, "Repeal the Democrats' Complex and Expensive Legislation," by Peter Wallison this morning. In case you've forgotten, Senior Editor Megan McArdle has acted as a shill for the Koch Brothers' Freedomworks.