You betta expect some retaliation soon.
In 2011, Standard & Poor downgraded the U.S.
In February, 2013, the "Justice Department filed a suit against S&P seeking $5 billion in fines related to its ratings of bonds backed by subprime mortgages ahead of the financial crisis. It argued that S&P gave deceptive ratings to the mortgage securities between 2004 and 2007 in order to collect fees from the firms that were pooling the risky home loans into securities."
Standard & Poor's is arguing in a court filing that it is being sued by the Justice Department in retaliation for the firm's downgrade of the U.S. government's credit rating two years ago.
Source: (http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/04/news/companies/sandp-downgrade-lawsuit/index.html"