by Calculated Risk on 11/07/2008 04:15:00 PM

From Bloomberg: Bloomberg Sues Fed to Force Disclosure of Collateral

Bloomberg News asked a U.S. court today to force the Federal Reserve to disclose securities the central bank is accepting on behalf of American taxpayers as collateral for $1.5 trillion of loans to banks.

The lawsuit is based on the U.S. Freedom of Information Act ...

``The American taxpayer is entitled to know the risks, costs and methodology associated with the unprecedented government bailout of the U.S. financial industry,'' said Matthew Winkler, the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News ...

Seems like information that should be available. The "confidential commercial information" argument seems weak.