bet on it, does it mean that you should? and that's a moral question, not a legal question. but america still wants to know what he has to say to that. another key player in this is a guy by the named of david viniar. you may not bes familiar with him. he is the cfo, chief financial officer at gold machine sacks. he's been in that role for more than ten years, 1999. he was in charge of management at goldman sachs. that's what goldman says they were doing with this move, hedging their risk. they said we think the mortgage market may fall or it may rise. we're going to be on both sides of that. this guy is at the helm of risk management. and i want to read you part of an e-mail that was released over the weekend from the senate investigation committee because it shows, and this is in response to the firm making more than $50 million in one day, betting against the housing market. he said, quote, tells you what might happen to people who don't have the big short. ie, that they will lose money. goldman sachs lost money on