Spitzer talks about AIG in interview

NEW YORK, March 20 (UPI) -- Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer feels he still has a public duty to discuss issues he cares and knows about even though he resigned in disgrace, he told CNN.

In an interview to be broadcast Sunday, Spitzer said he was to blame for the end of his political career. He resigned after a federal investigation found he had used a high-priced escort service.

The interview is Spitzer's first on TV since his resignation last year. He recently began writing a column for the online magazine Slate.

In the interview, Spitzer -- who investigated insurance giant American International Group Inc. during his eight years as New York attorney general -- discussed the bailout and the public outcry over bonuses paid to AIG employees. He said outrage over AIG and other corporate scandals will create problems for President Barack Obama.

"I think one of the largest, most difficult tasks that he has is to control the outrage that is brewing in the public, sympathize with it and garner it, but use it to get good policy, not policy based upon anger," he said.