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Old 07-31-2003, 12:07 PM   #13
russotto
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Originally posted by Griff
Ron Bailey liked the idea.
Ron's missing the problem with the system. A terrorist organization can get money AND mislead at the same time. All they do is observe the prices of the futures contracts. Those which get expensive, they _don't_ do. Instead, they buy some cheap contracts on targets which the traders think are less likely to be killed. Then they assassinate said target while everyone is looking the other way.
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