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Posted: 2/5/2013 2:42:10 PM EST
Undated handout image courtesy of the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. The U.S. government has authorized the killing of American citizens as part of its controversial drone campaign against al Qaeda even without intelligence that such Americans are actively plotting to attack a U.S. target, according to a Justice Department memo.REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Lt Col Leslie Pratt/Handout
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Posted: 2/5/2013 2:28:28 PM EST
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The U.S. government accused Standard & Poor's of inflating ratings on mortgage investments to boost its bottom line, taking aim at a key player in the run-up to the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 2/5/2013 2:28:27 PM EST
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The U.S. government accused Standard & Poor's of inflating ratings on mortgage investments to boost its bottom line, taking aim at a key player in the run-up to the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 2/5/2013 7:53:52 AM EST
FILE - This Oct. 9, 2011 file photo shows 55 Water Street, home of Standard & Poor's, in New York. S&P said Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, the U.S. government is expected to file civil charges against Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, alleging that it improperly gave high ratings to mortgage debt that later plunged in value and helped fuel the 2008 financial crisis. The charges would mark the first enforcement action the government has taken against a major rating agency involving the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)
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Posted: 1/24/2013 4:23:30 AM EST
People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday, supported by Congress averting a U.S. government default and a pickup in China's manufacturing in January. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Posted: 1/24/2013 4:23:30 AM EST
A man looks at his cellphone at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday, supported by Congress averting a U.S. government default and a pickup in China's manufacturing in January. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Posted: 1/19/2013 8:28:32 AM EST
FILE - This June 15, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama announces that the U.S. government will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Presidential terms are measured by sweeping laws and stirring events, but legacies are about enduring ideas. The one Barack Obama has in mind will drive most everything he tries to do in the next four years: assuring that America is a place where anyone can make it. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
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Posted: 1/11/2013 5:58:36 PM EST
Loc Phan, foreground, and Kari Brown who both work for Hexcel which manufactures carbon fiber components for Boeing, look at a door on a disply model of part of the aircraft as Boeing celebrated the opening of a new manufacturing plant in West Jordan, Utah on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. The U.S. government stepped in Friday to assure the public that Boeing's new 787 "Dreamliner" is safe to fly, even as it launched a comprehensive review to find out what caused a fire, a fuel leak and other worrisome incidents earlier in the week. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Francisco Kjolseth)
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Posted: 1/8/2013 8:33:54 PM EST
People stand outside the American International Group (AIG) offices in New York in this September 17, 2008 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files
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Posted: 1/8/2013 8:33:54 PM EST
The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district in this March 16, 2009 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files
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Posted: 1/8/2013 8:33:54 PM EST
People stand outside the American International Group (AIG) offices in New York in this September 17, 2008 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files
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Posted: 1/8/2013 8:33:54 PM EST
The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district in this March 16, 2009 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files
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Posted: 1/8/2013 6:57:10 PM EST
People stand outside the American International Group (AIG) offices in New York in this September 17, 2008 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files
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Posted: 1/8/2013 6:57:10 PM EST
The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district in this March 16, 2009 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files
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Posted: 1/8/2013 6:57:10 PM EST
People stand outside the American International Group (AIG) offices in New York in this September 17, 2008 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files
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Posted: 1/8/2013 6:57:10 PM EST
The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district in this March 16, 2009 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files
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Posted: 1/8/2013 6:01:48 PM EST
People stand outside the American International Group (AIG) offices in New York in this September 17, 2008 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files
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Posted: 1/8/2013 6:01:48 PM EST
The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district in this March 16, 2009 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files
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Posted: 1/8/2013 6:01:48 PM EST
People stand outside the American International Group (AIG) offices in New York in this September 17, 2008 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files
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Posted: 1/8/2013 6:01:48 PM EST
The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district in this March 16, 2009 file photograph. American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files
