I was going to be devil's advocate and say they technically haven't said that, but since they cited collateral consequences of prosecution like costing thousand

I was going to be devil's advocate and say they technically haven't said that, but since they cited collateral consequences of prosecution like costing thousands of jobs[1], that pretty much is them saying their way was the most just way. [1] http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/12/hsbc-prosecution-fine-money-laundering http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/12/hsbc-pr... I think threats to "jobs" are right up there with pedophilia and terrorism. Won't somebody please think of the jobs?!! PS Does anyone have video of that press conference? I think I found the documents here (http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents-and-resources-december-11-2012-hsbc-press-conference http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents-and-resources-december-...) but it would be interesting to see the questions and answers that The Guardian summarized.