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&lt;p&gt;Immediately following Julian Assange&#39;s assertion that his organization, WikiLeaks, planned to shed light on an &quot;ecosystem of corruption&quot; at a top American bank, Bank of America&#39;s stock dropped 3 percent.  Though Assange has not explicitly linked BofA with the upcoming information release, many on Wall Street believe that the country&#39;s largest bank will soon find itself facing a deluge of bad press&amp;mdash;and maybe criminal charges.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The bank itself may well be among the believers. &lt;em&gt;The New York Times&lt;/em&gt; reports today that Bank of America has authorized a massive internal investigation of both possible security breaches and possible instances of corrupt or criminal activity, presumably in order to cover their bases ahead of a potentially damning release.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Times&lt;/em&gt; also reports that the bank has hired Booz Allen Hamilton to help oversee the investigation.  It&#39;s an interesting choice by CEO Brian Moynihan and the BofA crew; there&#39;s no question that Booz Allen is among the country&#39;s top consultancies, but there have been questions (books, even) about the firm&#39;s extremely close ties to federal government officials past and present.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is Bank of America cozying up to the federal government&amp;mdash;itself a sworn enemy of Assange following the release of WikiLeaks-obtained diplomatic cables&amp;mdash;by hiring Booz Allen advisors on a similar case?  Sure, it&#39;s a stretch, but when a consulting firm counts former NSA heads and national intelligence directors (James Clapper, a former Booz Allen exec, currently boasts that title) among its active leaders, it&#39;s no stretch to assume that currying favor with Booz Allen might do a bit of the same with the feds.  At the very least, the firm can weigh in on how best to handle sensitive issues vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the federal government, Booz Allen&#39;s biggest and most important client.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For more information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;- Sam Reynolds&lt;/p&gt;

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