Posted on 07/29/2003 10:12:53 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:05:44 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Pentagon yesterday pulled the plug on an online gambling parlor designed to predict Middle East terrorist attacks for profit after criticism from Capitol Hill lawmakers, who called the plan "grotesque."
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said he first learned of the market trading plan sponsored by the Terrorism Information Awareness program in the morning newspaper on his way to a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.
(Excerpt) Read more at dynamic.washtimes.com ...
I would think that this would be right up her alley. Two of her favorite things. The only things missing were the opportunities to lie and cheat.
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