The deceitful actions of the international credit rating agencies have resulted in the introduction of the following United States Senate Concurrent Resolution 78:

http://globalsecuritieswatch.org/S.Con.Res.78.pdf

For readers' possible interest, here are a few links to relevant background information:

http://globalsecuritieswatch.org/S_Con_Resolution_78_P_R_v.5.1.pdf

and

http://www.globalsecuritieswatch.org/world-news.pdf


See also:

http://globalsecuritieswatch.org/Chris_Dodd_Letter_Final.pdf

The Big Three rating agencies have knowingly maintained demonstrably false ratings which are in flagrant violation of settled international law. Here is a link to an article which exposes the intentional and self-serving misapplication of published metrics and published criteria by the three largest credit rating agencies:

http://www.globalsecuritieswatch.org/SEC_Conference_Brief.pdf

And one more:

http://www.mywire.com/pubs/PRNewswire/2005/07/25/943034?&pbl=15