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Matt Taibbi: Bankers & Guns

December 19, 2012

Welcome back folks! On today’s show Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) talks about HSBC drug and terror money laundering and why its settlement with the government is joke. Also the connections between hedge funds and the guns industry.

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