SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Philip Bjorlo, Claudia
Jaques and John Dye signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)     prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a Form
ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of The Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation ("Freddie Mac"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Freddie Mac
Policy 7-109, or any successor policy thereto or related procedure ("Freddie Mac
Policy") and Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and related
rules and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in
connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of
securities of Freddie Mac;

(3)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, or other form or report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form or report with Freddie Mac and the SEC and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Special Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

          The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Special Power of Attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Freddie Mac assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Freddie Mac Policy and Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

          This Special Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by Freddie Mac, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Special Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 13th day of April, 2008.

/s/  Thomas S. Johnson


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Thomas S. Johnson


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