Comments on: Terror futures and “open source intelligence” http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2003/07/29/terror-futures-and-open-source-intelligence/ commentary on the world around us, with an effort to keep paranoia at the lowest healthy level Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:08:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Anonymous http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2003/07/29/terror-futures-and-open-source-intelligence/#comment-213 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2003/07/29/terror-futures-and-open-source-intelligence/#comment-213 They had a very interesting story on The World (NPR) about this just a few minutes ago. I think the point they were getting across was not that the collective educated guesses would be accurate, but that people "in the know" would not be able to fight their greed and would let the rest of the world in on their secret. The story also mentioned that some stockbrokers made massive profits in the few minutes before the planes hit on 9/11. The story alluded to an investigation but didn't follow-through. Does anyone know about this? Marti They had a very interesting story on The World (NPR) about this just a few minutes ago. I think the point they were getting across was not that the collective educated guesses would be accurate, but that people “in the know” would not be able to fight their greed and would let the rest of the world in on their secret.

The story also mentioned that some stockbrokers made massive profits in the few minutes before the planes hit on 9/11. The story alluded to an investigation but didn’t follow-through. Does anyone know about this?
Marti

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