Instead, the major white collar prosecutions since 2008 have come largely in the insider trading setting, and those have had no direct connection to the credit crisis.
Papers throughout the world have made the connection between the French military operation in Mali and the hostage crisis in Algeria, and expressed concern over the deteriorating security situation in the region.
That Europe will kick the solution of the Greek debt crisis down the road again, with another temporary bailout payment, has no connection whatever to slowing global economies and rising inflation.
The portfolio of economic and financial security policy issues should be integrated into all major discussions between the Bush administration and the Congress -- just as it should be featured those between the United States and its allies -- in connection with upcoming consultations and decisions regarding alliance defense burden-sharing, the international debt crisis, and the U.S. budget deficit reduction.