Countrywide Bribed Public Officials, Congressman Claims

The controversy surrounding collapsed mortgage lender Countrywide took another turn Wednesday when the ranking Republican on a key House committee openly confronted the panel's chairman demanding he subpoena Bank of America for information about a murky program that involved public officials. The challenge from Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., comes in the wake of the recent revelation that Countrywide recorded phone calls with borrowers as part of the program and then those recordings were...Full Story