>> asked preet bharara. i went into this article thinking this was an outrage and a failure of political will, and possibly even a coziness between top officials and top bankers. i would say it is a failure of political will. i think washington has failed to make it a priority under the bush administration and the obama administration. the higher priority was to stabilize the banks. that might have seemed like it would be undercut by prosecuting the bankers. the decision was made, or the trend of things went toward stabilizing rather than prosecuting. but i think at the level of preet bharara, a u.s. attorney, it is hard to make a case like that. it is hard to ask guys with limited resources, after the fact, what they call a dead body case, the crimes have already happened. the bankers are huge and insulated by lawyers and accountants. they have the best representation money can buy in america. they are hard targets to get. criminal law sets a hard standard, which is criminal intent beyond a reasonable doubt