Among other things, it wants the banks to pay a far higher penalty than the $20 billion that has been floated.
That's a far greater penalty than was risked by PC Rowland, whose costs were to be met by the Police Federation.
Once considered among the best players in the game, Rodriguez received a far stiffer penalty than the others cited by baseball on Monday, who all accepted 50-game suspensions, effectively ending their 2013 seasons.
Commenting after the interview, Martin Lewis, founder of consumer campaign website moneysavingexpert.com, said: "The banks are well aware they are on borrowed time as far as penalty charges are concerned.
While there is a provision in the Telegraph Act to punish unlawful interception, it carries a far lesser penalty (up to three years of imprisonment) than for a citizen's failure to assist an agency that wishes to intercept or monitor or decrypt (up to seven years of imprisonment).
That decision will be non-negotiable - bar a potential appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) - and could see the club hit with a far harsher penalty than the one currently on offer to them.
Hook then missed a far straighter penalty from 40m after his standing foot slipped, but Wales then set up camp deep in the French half, Roberts smashing through the defensive line only to hit Jonathan Davies in the face with a pass that could have put his fellow centre in.
There are many more minor forms of punishment — yet even those far lighter penalties would be taken seriously by people in the military chain of command.
"Yes, some penalties will have to be imposed, but how far these penalties go and who will suffer them is an issue we still have to debate," said Smita Notosusanto, a leading democratic advocate.
But it also confirms that the authorities in America and Britain are ready to impose far harsher penalties than they used to.
