For a few months in 2010 it looked as though the Tevatron might get a reprieve in order to find the last (and heaviest) missingbit of the model the Higgs boson, which is thought to give other particles their mass.
"If the intention was to transform the industry by bringing in Ian MacGregor from the British Steel corporation - famous for cutting jobs - if the intention was to cut jobs and reduce the industry... the challenge is how do you actually protect the communities from the impact and it's that bit that was missing, " he said.
First, while quite a bit of money went missing in the kickbacks and bribes detailed in Mr Volcker's reports, much more misdirected cash went elsewhere.