this is zachary goldfarb's piece. they warned superiors as far back as 2004 of irregular parking lots that bernie madoff's financial firm, but was told to focus on unrelated matter, according to agency documents and sources familiar with the investigation. genevievette walker-light foot, a lawyer in the s.e.c.'s office, suggested a set of questions to ask the firm. several questions directly challenged madoff's activities that turned out to be elements of his massive fraud. with the agency under pressure to look for wrongdoing in the mutual fund industry, she wasn't able to continue pursuing madoff and two people familiar with the investigation. this is a personal story for you. you were among those who were hit with madoff's scams. what's your reaction when you hear this story today in the "post"? guest: my only hope with respect to the 150-year sentence, madoff a name that could never have been made up to describe his own activities. my hope is he'll live every year to live out that 150-year sentence. i had never ma