Bloomberg News Used Private Client Data To Spy On Ben Bernanke And Tim Geithner

The Bloomberg scandal just keeps getting worse. Steve Liesman of CNBC reports that Bloomberg reporters used private log-in data to spy on the activities of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. Both the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury Department are examining the extent to which Bloomberg-terminal usage by top officials might have been tracked by Bloomberg journalists, CNBC has learned. A Fed spokesperson told CNBC that the central bank is looking into the situation ...