Follow this link to the resignation letter of Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group’s financial products unit, to Edward M. Liddy, the chief executive of A.I.G.

As Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story.” Of course I cannot attest to the validity of this story any more than I could have attested to the validity of any of Paul Harvey’s stories. It is, however, food for thought.