According to both the New York Times and www.talkingpointsmemo.com, AIG CEO Edward Liddy said that recently disclosed bonuses to the executives of the firm's financial products division--the division responsible for a huge part of the firm's (and our) financial mess--were necessary to retain the "best and brightest talent". David Halberstam, in his book on Robert McNamara and Vietnam, apparently used the term "best and brightest" with irony; but the irony seems to have gotten lost.
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