The question here is competence, and lack thereof. I think that skill in shadiness is transferrable across motives. If you can't plan a robbery of a convenienc

The question here is competence, and lack thereof. I think that skill in shadiness is transferrable across motives. If you can't plan a robbery of a convenience store for your own wallet, why should I let you plan the robbery of a bank to give it all away to charity? The ends (sorta) matter in a moralistic sort of way. But the means matter much more. You're playing for higher stakes here, not just criminal prosecution, but a low level brush war in the middle east if you mess things up.