Replies to post #212522 on Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

[Patswil]

I see no reason for protective order---there's no national security risk--or societal risk----what could possibly justify such an order?

[10bambam]

Thanks again Obit. You are a more effective search engine than Google.

[AngelaNBayern]

Thank you obiterdictum for the links and the pocket guide to protective orders. Fascinating stuff. What would be interesting is to examine case law where the government itself is requesting a protective order. I saw only two cases (so far) in the links where the federal government was actually a party, let alone the party requesting the protective order.

Wouldn't you guess that in the case where the government is requesting the order, there is a much higher standard to meet due to the public interest in government accountability?
Just say'in.

If Gov were to base the request on 'national security grounds' the only thing imaginable they could hang their hat on(unless you can think of something else) is all that frantic effort, trying to soothe China, to quell their concerns due to their massive holdings in GSE bonds. But that stuff was already released to the public via Paulson, right? (http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26609548)...or maybe the "forever conservatorship" was a very bad promise our Government made to the Chinese?