There is so much going on people are clueless.
One of the professors here specializes in bankruptcy research and he went to a fed meeting last year. No recordings were permitted, no hand written notes, he had to sign a confidentiality agreement and he got frisked at the door.
Barney Frank, who I think is an asshole, is actually doing a good thing and pressing the fed to release info related to bailout loans. The fed doesn't want to release it of course.