[Bungleau]

I disagree, Olorin. Yes, the Feds have the checkbook out... but they have it out no matter what. In the meantime, it's *YOUR* money that's sitting over there helping them fuel the company.

If there's no impact from public revelation of these activities, they can easily say that the public doesn't really care. If there's just public outcry, they can weather the storm and wait for something else to take over the front page (say, there's an election coming up... )

But if there's outcry *AND* people start moving their money, they can't just sit and wait. If their customer base drops to nearly nothing, there won't be a whole lot of incentive for the feds to keep funding them. And probably a whole new crop of execs to run the thing, too.