The Securities and Exchange Commission seems to think that it has done a much better job of investigating financial crisis wrongdoing than the Justice Department. And it’s true.
But it’s like being proud that you’re the “Dumb” of “Dumb and Dumber.”
A case the commission filed last week epitomizes a lot of what’s wrong with the agency, even under the supposed overhaul by its chairwoman, Mary L. Schapiro.