Bernard Braine backed the Suez operation, opposed sanctions against Rhodesia, and in 1965 supported Enoch Powell for the Conservative Party leadership.
Such an image is further illuminated in the acclaimed account of Operation Desert Storm, The Generals' War, written by retired Marine General Bernard Trainor and New York Times correspondent Michael Gordon.
The scheme was carried out in Madoff's investment advisory operation, which occupied office space immediately below the offices of his broker-dealer, Bernard Madoff Investment Securities.