LEGAL CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Transaction	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Oct. 22, 2012 LawFirm	Dec. 31, 2005
Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Department of Justice fine	$ 2,000,000	$ 0	$ 0
Department of Justice fine in period attributable to parent	1,200,000
Number of law firms appointed				2
Repurchase of collateralized debt obligation					$ 25,000,000
Number of separate CDO transactions improperly paid to note holders	47
CSC [Member]
Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest hold (in hundredths)	60.00%
RTL [Member]
Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest hold (in hundredths)	60.00%