Frank and Dodd were certainly wrong in their assessment, but that doesn't make them responsible for the financial crisis. What did Frank and Dodd have to do with the investment banks that were creating all that worthless paper from Mortgage Backed Securities? They had nothing to do with the...
The collapse of the housing market was a lot bigger than Frank and Dodd. Why ignore the fraud and abuse going on by Wall Street?
Frank and Dodd didn't prevent the President and Congress from enacting oversight and regulation.
No data was "faked." The adjustments were made to account for the expansion of the sea basin. That this is being made into some sort of supposed "scandal" is pathetic. The CU website explains the exactly why the adjustments are made.