Would you think it possible Lehman Bros. purposely destroyed their own company?

Sure it's possible. Who knows if their books were also cooked and rather than face exposure, they bought the garbage loans and committed corporate suicide. Even I could predict an economy slide downward, a few weeks ago. If they aren't being investigated, they should be, just like Fannie Mae and Mac. Those friggin' CEO's are slick and got away with a lot off the top when then left, or got fired. Remember Reagan's "trickle down" theory...well, I think it trickled into secret Cayman Island bank accounts.