Unintentionally funny quote in MSNBC story on terror futures

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:28:23 -0700
> To: farber () dsl cis upenn edu
> From: Denise Caruso <caruso () hybridvigor org>
> Subject: Unintentionally funny quote in MSNBC story on terror futures
>
> Dave,
>
> Yet more on the terror futures market, 
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/945269.asp?0cv=TB10
>
> ... only notable b/c of this amazing bit about halfway through the story:
>
>        "Among other things, the senators say they're concerned that 
> terrorists could place bets on the site - and then profit from the 
> accurate prediction of attacks that they carry out. DARPA had promised 
> investors that it wouldn't be able to identify individuals who signed up 
> for a trading account.
>       "But Polk said that - if terrorists were to bet on their own attack 
> - that would have created exactly the kind of warning signal the Policy 
> Analysis Market is designed to highlight.
>       "'They're going to move some prices,' he said. "And they're going 
> to move those prices to levels way above where the market has been 
> striking them. So people are going to say, 'Why is that price up?'"
>
> Oh yeah. That worked really well with the dot.com boom, didn't it? 
> _Everyone_ I know was asking that question. Hands on hips. Heads cocked. 
> "My goodness. Why IS that price up? That makes me very suspicious! I 
> certainly won't trade on that price until I investigate and find out what 
> is behind this!" Uh huh. Yessir.
>
> Denise

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