Exhibit 24.2  POWER-OF-ATTORNEY  Annual Reports on Form 10-K
of Financial Security
Assurance Holdings Ltd.  The undersigned, as a director of Financial Security Assurance Holdings
Ltd., a New York corporation (the Company), and/or, as applicable, as an officer
of the Company, does hereby constitute and appoint each of Robert P. Cochran,
Séan W. McCarthy and Bruce E. Stern to be his agent and attorney-in-fact, with
the power to act fully hereunder and with full power of substitution to act in
the name and on behalf of the undersigned, (i) to sign in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, as a director and/or officer of the Company, as
applicable, and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for each fiscal year for which the Company is required
to file such an Annual Report, and any amendments or supplements thereto, and (ii) to
execute and deliver any instruments, certificates or other documents which he
shall deem necessary or proper in connection with the filing of each such
Annual Report on Form 10-K, and any such amendment or supplement thereto,
and generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect to
each such filing as fully as could the undersigned if then personally present
and acting.  The foregoing
Power-of-Attorney shall be in full force and effect for so long as the
undersigned shall be a director or officer of the Company, as applicable,
unless and until revoked as to the undersigned by written instrument delivered
by him to the Secretary of the Company.  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this
Power-of-Attorney on March 10, 2009.   /s/ Michel BuysschaertMichel Buysschaert


POWER-OF-ATTORNEY  Annual Reports on Form 10-K
of Financial Security
Assurance Holdings Ltd.  The undersigned, as a director of Financial Security Assurance Holdings
Ltd., a New York corporation (the Company), and/or, as applicable, as an
officer of the Company, does hereby constitute and appoint each of Robert P.
Cochran, Séan W. McCarthy and Bruce E. Stern to be his agent and
attorney-in-fact, with the power to act fully hereunder and with full power of
substitution to act in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, (i) to
sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, as a director and/or officer
of the Company, as applicable, and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for each fiscal year for which
the Company is required to file such an Annual Report, and any amendments or
supplements thereto, and (ii) to execute and deliver any instruments,
certificates or other documents which he shall deem necessary or proper in
connection with the filing of each such Annual Report on Form 10-K, and
any such amendment or supplement thereto, and generally to act for and in the
name of the undersigned with respect to each such filing as fully as could the
undersigned if then personally present and acting.  The foregoing Power-of-Attorney shall be in
full force and effect for so long as the undersigned shall be a director or
officer of the Company, as applicable, unless and until revoked as to the
undersigned by written instrument delivered by him to the Secretary of the
Company.  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this
Power-of-Attorney on October 31, 2008.   /s/ Alexandre JolyAlexandre Joly


POWER-OF-ATTORNEY  Annual Reports on Form 10-K
of Financial Security
Assurance Holdings Ltd.  The undersigned, as a
director of Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd., a New York corporation
(the Company), and/or, as applicable, as an officer of the Company, does
hereby constitute and appoint each of Robert P. Cochran, Séan W. McCarthy and
Bruce E. Stern to be his agent and attorney-in-fact, with the power to act
fully hereunder and with full power of substitution to act in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, (i) to sign in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, as a director and/or officer of the Company, as applicable, and
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, an Annual Report on Form 10-K
for each fiscal year for which the Company is required to file such an Annual
Report, and any amendments or supplements thereto, and (ii) to execute and
deliver any instruments, certificates or other documents which he shall deem necessary
or proper in connection with the filing of each such Annual Report on Form 10-K,
and any such amendment or supplement thereto, and generally to act for and in
the name of the undersigned with respect to each such filing as fully as could
the undersigned if then personally present and acting.  The foregoing Power-of-Attorney shall be in
full force and effect for so long as the undersigned shall be a director or
officer of the Company, as applicable, unless and until revoked as to the
undersigned by written instrument delivered by him to the Secretary of the
Company.  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has duly executed this Power-of-Attorney on 8/27/2008.   /s/ Claude PiretClaude Piret


POWER-OF-ATTORNEY  Annual Reports on Form 10-K
of Financial Security
Assurance Holdings Ltd.  The undersigned, as a
director of Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd., a New York corporation
(the Company), and/or, as applicable, as an officer of the Company, does
hereby constitute and appoint each of Robert P. Cochran, Séan W. McCarthy and
Bruce E. Stern to be his agent and attorney-in-fact, with the power to act
fully hereunder and with full power of substitution to act in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, (i) to sign in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, as a director and/or officer of the Company, as applicable, and
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, an Annual Report on Form 10-K
for each fiscal year for which the Company is required to file such an Annual
Report, and any amendments or supplements thereto, and (ii) to execute and
deliver any instruments, certificates or other documents which he shall deem
necessary or proper in connection with the filing of each such Annual Report on
Form 10-K, and any such amendment or supplement thereto, and generally to
act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect to each such filing as
fully as could the undersigned if then personally present and acting.  The foregoing Power-of-Attorney shall be in
full force and effect for so long as the undersigned shall be a director or
officer of the Company, as applicable, unless and until revoked as to the
undersigned by written instrument delivered by him to the Secretary of the
Company.  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has duly executed this Power-of-Attorney on January 28, 2009.   /s/ Pascal PoupellePascal Poupelle