Top DOJ Official Stepping Down | CBS News | August 11, 2003: "Thompson has been at the forefront of the government's campaign to detect and prevent terrorists from acting after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He also headed a task force appointed by President Bush to crack down on corporate fraud, overseeing prosecutions against officials at Enron Corp., HealthSouth Corp. and others.

Prosecutors have won more than 250 corporate fraud convictions, charged 354 people with corporate crime and obtained fines, forfeiture and restitution worth more than $85 million, the administration said. "

What a truely pathetic list of results. This is the federal government we are talking about. In a time of multi-billion dollar corporate crimes (Enron, WorldCom etc.) they have obtained restitution of only $85 M. The Attorney General of NY, Elliot Spitzer, has obtained more than 10 times as much, with how much fewer resources. Just shows you how little this administration does to protect us from criminal corporate actions.
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