You know you've got a really big financial story at hand, when the press descends on the building of the company in question. And so it was at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) that reporters stood outside the firm's gleaming new headquarters in Manhattan and lobbed questions at employees coming and going.

Reuters notes, "Almost to a person, Goldman workers heading out for lunch or to meetings blankly stared at a reporter and walked off without saying so much as a word when asked about the atmosphere inside the firm, displaying the discipline for which Goldman is famed and that has helped to earn it enemies."

Even before the SEC filed its charges, there was a heavy police presence at the building, which one officer said was for counter-terrorism purposes. The police "showed restraint on Friday, attempting to direct journalists to assigned spots just off a bike path that goes down the highway and in front of Goldman's front door, rather than barring them altogether." And one police officer--and this is surprising--earlier allowed a Reuters reporter to enter the building to look at the large mural in the lobby. 

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