One can hardly consider Bernie Madoff a paragon of astute judgment. I'll admit this is argumentum ad hominem, but his tolerance for risk was insane. Also notabl

One can hardly consider Bernie Madoff a paragon of astute judgment. I'll admit this is argumentum ad hominem, but his tolerance for risk was insane. Also notable is that he declined counsel when he really needed it, which is different than doing the same thing when you are secondary or tertiary to the investigation.