How it really went down

“We had lawyers joined at our hips,” said one participant. “And they were very helpful at framing the issues. But they never said we couldn’t [bail out Lehman].”

As another participant put it, “It was a policy and political decision, not a legal decision.”

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Uh guys, are you familiar with the expression "fall guy"?  Lehman: code name Wilmer.