Dimon in DC Preserves Wall Street’s Black Box

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June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Did Jamie Dimon, the chairman andchief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., put too muchblind faith in Ina Drew, the former leader of the bank’s ChiefInvestment Office who was responsible for a proprietary tradethat cost the firm $3 billion and counting?

That is the central question that occurs to me afterlistening to Dimon alternately deflect questions from and charmthe pants off the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday inWashington.