Q&A: Eliot Spitzer

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At the turn of the millennium, Eliot Spitzer was one of the most feared names on Wall Street. New York State's pugnacious attorney general aggressively pursued corporate wrongdoers of financial crimes such as price-fixing, market timing, and stock price inflation.

In 2006, Spitzer was elected governor of New York. As governor, he pushed for stronger anti-corruption measures, legalisation of same-sex marriage, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants - but faced stiff opposition from a distrustful state congress. Fourteen months later, Spitzer resigned after an investigation found that he had been a client of a prostitution ring.

Since then, Spitzer has hosted a talk show, "In the Arena", on CNN; writes regular columns for Slate.com; and teaches a political science course at the City College of New York.

Al Jazeera's Roxanne Horesh and Sam Bollier speak to Eliot Spitzer about his views on Occupy Wall Street, Barack Obama, the Arab Spring - and what he plans on doing next.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/201111774411433267.html