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> sycophants in DC Who? Because if you have evidence of military secrets being leaked through prediction markets, we actually need that journalistic record mai
by JumpCrisscross 7mo ago
> sycophants in DC
Who? Because if you have evidence of military secrets being leaked through prediction markets, we actually need that journalistic record maintained.
- remus 7mo agoI don't think the parent mentioned military secrets in particular? But the insider trading is already well documented e.g. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cge0grppe3po https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cge0grppe3po
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- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> the insider trading The suspect hasn't been charged with insider trading. (OP said those "in DC seem to be able to do everything listed.")
- AlecSchueler 7mo ago> The suspect hasn't been charged with insider trading. I think that was the point GP was making.
- varjag 7mo agoPretty sure Count 1 through 5 above cover insider trading by administration officials too.
- bandrami 7mo agoThe problem is "insider trading" has a definition and acting based on knowledge of government secrets isn't what it is.
- jonathanstrange 7mo agoIANAL but what you state seems to literally fall under the STOCK Act of 2012. It is one kind of insider trading.
- varjag 7mo agoAnd what I am saying is that the same articles of prosecution as in the soldier's case are applicable for their case too. Not going after them is a choice.
- enoint 7mo agoI think 3 and 4 are frauds on others in the prediction market agreement. As in, it’s fraud against the terms of the market.
- itake 7mo agoI don't know who, but there are a lot of news articles about high volume oil trading activities shortly before publicly military action.
- victorbjorklund 7mo agoYou don’t think the Trump admin leaked any secrets at all? No chats on signal? Nothing like that?
- foo12bar 7mo agoThere's plenty of evidence of it happening, if you consider the odds of surges of pre-market trading of oil futures 20 minutes before Trump tweets on Iran happening coincidentally. The actual finding of who's who has to be done by the U.S. law enforcement, who aren't really interested.
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> plenty of evidence of it happening There is circumstantial evidence. We need to collate that. But nothing trumps direct evidence. If someone has that I will bend over backwards to find a way to securely connect them with, at the very least, a reporter who can document it so it shows up in an internet search when an empowered staffer starts down this path.
- pixl97 7mo agoThe problem with this administration is that what you're saying will eventually happen. It will come out they were trading on this. And not a damned thing will happen.
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> not a damned thing will happen This is more lazy nihilism. Fortunately, it remains a minority view.