Episode 2 - Rotten to the Core, The 2008 Story

In this second episode of Gone Rogue: The 2008 Story, we uncover the day Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson summoned the CEOs of America’s nine biggest banks–what he tells them will end a certain era of Wall Street and American capitalism.Key questions in this episode are: Why did the government let Lehman Brothers fail, but bailed out AIG just days later? How was $700 billion conjured up out of thin air? Would the government’s plan really bring the financial crisis to an end?Hear from Axios’ top Wall Street correspondent and Shield’s Director of Surveillance and Governance Strategy as we learn how “Too Big to Fail” reshaped the balance of Wall Street, why bailout policy looked chaotic and inconsistent, and how early communications surveillance gave a unique window into the modern compliance platforms that we have today.