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5 Outright Illegal Scams That Should Put Wall St. Bankers Behind Bars

From laundering drug money to gouging you on overdrafts, here are five scams where Wall Street ran afoul of the law.

From CIA assassinations to domestic spying, a sweeping investigation of government crimes is not only possible -- it has been done before.

Attorney General Eric Holder has been teasing us for awhile with tantalizing hints he may actually investigate Bush-era torture cases.

Anti-torture lawyers argue that any investigation must target the whole torture system, including its legal architects and those who gave the orders.

Federal investigators say the torture memo authors only committed 'serious lapses of judgment,' not crimes. Critics say that's 'outrageous.'

Obama insists America must "look forward" on the question of torture and accountability, but we're far from closure.

Amid citizen outrage and news that torture was used to extract a link between Iraq and al Qaeda, Eric Holder won't say if he intends to prosecute.

AG Eric Holder: "It would be unfair to prosecute dedicated men and women working to protect America for conduct that was sanctioned ... by DOJ."

A former Defense Department prosecutor tells us what we already know - terrorism cases were juked for political gain.