Zero Hedge has a must read on Judicial Watch’s release of Treasury Department talking points of the meeting with the nine big banks in October. The release demonstrates that Ken Lewis was telling the truth when he says he was threatened.  The Obama Administration withheld information specific to Tim Geithner’s role.  This paste is from Judicial Watch, but read the ZH post too:

“Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it forced the Obama administration to release documentsabout the October 13, 2008, Treasury Department meeting that coerced major banks to allow the government to take $250 billion equity stakes. Among the other news, the documents confirm former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson told the CEOs of nine major banks that they had no choice but to allow the government to take equity stakes in their institutions. The documents show Obama Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, FDIC Chairman Shelia Blair, and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke co-hosted the meeting with Paulson.

“These documents show our government exercising unrestrained power over the private sector. Despite promises of transparency, the Obama administration tried to cover up the very existence of these smoking-gun documents. And the cover-up continues, as the Obama administration protects Timothy Geithner by withholding a key document about his role in this infamous bankers meeting,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.”