Morning Smoke: Hawaii Bank Gets Bailout Funds After Unusual Request from Senator's Office

After Call From Senator's Office, Small Hawaii Bank Got U.S. Aid [The Washington Post/ProPublica]

Book: Rumsfeld Didn't Cut Weapons Programs Because Of 'His Own Financial Situation' [TPMMuckraker]

Fighter of the Future [Air Force Magazine] - And click here to check out more great articles from this issue

Records Indicate Tension Between Agency's Fired IG and Officials [The Washington Post]

Obama admin. sets wide scope for consumer agency [Reuters]

Finance Lobby Cut Spending as Feds Targeted Wall Street [The Wall Street Journal]

SEC's Gaping Blind Spots Kept Madoff's Misdeeds Out of Sight [The Washington Post]