No, it wasn't Fannie and Freddie. Alan Greenspan (who owns a lot of blame for the mess), the SEC chairman and John Snow agree it wasn't them. Fannie and Freddie weren't even securitizing those mortgages in large numbers until 2005.
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Think Progress » Cox, Greenspan, Snow Agree: Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae Did Not Cause The Financial Crisis
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