article_snippet.sent: But analysts are bewildered that it's taken this long for action to be taken.
article_snippet.sent: This is about as simple and easy as you can get, and it took them this long to do anything about it.'
article_snippet.sent: The many years it took for the CFTC to come out with the CFTC findings, and the fact that manipulation wasn't mentioned in a September 2010 report, suggested that the help of a whistleblower was essential in bringing the charges, one lawyer said. '
article_snippet.sent: This can't have been a five-year continuous investigation, can't have been,' said one lawyer. '
article_snippet.sent: If there was any indication that there was manipulation behind this, given the profile of this, the agency would have proceeded.
article_snippet.sent: the agency wouldn't have taken five years.'