But critics note that the SEC had received at least one complaint about Madoff's investment practices as far back as 1999.

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Those two dissents had the unintended and unanticipated effect of having critics of Federal Reserve policy consider me their ally inside the Fed, whether their complaint was the same as mine or not.

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The complaint that has been most frequently cited by Mr. Bolton's critics is to the effect that he sought to manufacture or otherwise manipulate intelligence and tried to get two analysts who resisted him fired.

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