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William Ackman, e-mail to John Rutherfurd, Jan. 25, 2003.
John Rutherfurd, e-mail to William Ackman, Jan. 25, 2003.
William Ackman, letter to Stephen Joynt, Chief Executive Officer, Fitch Ratings, Mar. 8, 2003.
Warren Buffett, letter to shareholders, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., 2002 annual report.
William Ackman, e-mail to Samuel DiPiazza, Feb. 19, 2003.
Jay Brown, letter to shareholders, MBIA Inc. 2002 Annual Report.
Eliot Spitzer, presentation at the Wall Street Hedge Fund Forum, New York City, Covington & Burling transcript, Mar. 3, 2003.
CHAPTER 6 THE TROUBLE WITH TRIPLE-A
William Gross, “The Shadow Knows,” Fortune, Dec. 10, 2007.
Examination of William A. Ackman, Gotham Partners Investigation, New York Attorney General’s Office, 120 Broadway, New York City, Mar. 4, 2003.
Continued Examination of William A. Ackman, Gotham Partners Investigation, New York Attorney General’s Office, 120 Broadway, New York City, May 13, 2003.
James Rosen, The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate (New York: Doubleday, 2008), p. 11.
“A Conversation with John Mitchell: Moral Obligation Bonds, the Industry’s Old Days, and More.” The Bond Buyer Centennial Edition 1991, p. 62.
Bill Ackman’s notes from Aug. 14, 2002, meeting with Jay Brown.
Examination of William Ackman by the New York Attorney General’s Office, Mar. 13, 2003.
Examination of Gregory Lyss, Gotham Partners Investigation, New York Attorney General’s Office, 120 Broadway, New York City, July 11, 2003.
Nathan Flanders, Thomas Abruzzo, and Ralph Aurora, “Credit Analysis: MBIA Insurance Corp.,” Fitch Ratings, September 22, 2004.
Warren Buffett, excerpts from 2003 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, Gotham Partners transcript.
Jay Brown, letter to shareholders, MBIA 2002 Annual Report, p. 6.
CHAPTER 7 UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
Continued Examination of William A. Ackman, Gotham Partners Investigation, New York Attorney General’s Office, 120 Broadway, New York City, May 28, 2003.
William Ackman, e-mail to Gotham Credit Partners, May 7, 2003.
William Ackman, e-mail to Neil Budnick, May 7, 2003.
Ram Wertheim, e-mail to William Ackman, May 13, 2003.
William Ackman, e-mail to Gotham Credit Partners, May 7, 2003.
Examination of William A. Ackman, Gotham Partners Investigation, New York Attorney General’s Office, 120 Broadway, New York City, June 24, 2003.
Rick Schmitt, “Prophet and Loss: Brooksley Born Warned that Unchecked Trading in the Credit Derivative Market Could Lead to Disaster,” Stanford Magazine, March/April 2009 (www.stanfordalumni.org).
Continued Examination of William A. Ackman, Gotham Partners Investigation, New York Attorney General’s Office, 120 Broadway, New York City, May 28, 2003.
Einhorn, Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, pp. 157-159.
Examination of David Berkowitz, Gotham Partners Investigation, New York Attorney General’s Office, 120 Broadway, New York City, June 26, 2003.
CHAPTER 8 CRIMES AND COCKROACHES
Continued Examination of William A. Ackman, Gotham Partners Investigation, New York Attorney General’s Office, 120 Broadway, New York City, June 24, 2003.
Examination of Whitney Tilson, Gotham Partners Investigation, New York Attorney General’s Office, 120 Broadway, New York City, July 29, 2003.
Continued Examination of William A. Ackman by the New York Attorney General’s Office, June 24, 2003.
Testimony of William Ackman, “In the Matter of Gotham Partners Management Co.,” Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC, June 5 and June 18, 2003.
CHAPTER 9 TURNING THE TABLES
David Elliott, letter to shareholders, MBIA 2001 Annual Report.
Stephen Crimmins, Piper Hamilton LP, Independent Examiner’s Report Concerning Spiegel Inc., United States Securities Commission v. Spiegel Inc. (forensic accountants: Kroll Zolfo Cooper LLC), Sept. 5, 2003.
Christine Richard and David Feldheim, “Truck School Loan Defaults Catch Insurers in Headlights,” Dow Jones Capital Markets Report, Nov. 7, 2002.
John Kenneth Galbraith, The Economics of Innocent Fraud: Truth