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SlightlyLeftPad 2 days ago

Huh that’s interesting. The sycophants in DC seem to be able to do everything listed here with no repercussions.

JumpCrisscross 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> 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 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I 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

JumpCrisscross 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> 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 2 days ago | parent [-]

> The suspect hasn't been charged with insider trading.

I think that was the point GP was making.

varjag 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Pretty sure Count 1 through 5 above cover insider trading by administration officials too.

enoint 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I think 3 and 4 are frauds on others in the prediction market agreement. As in, it’s fraud against the terms of the market.

bandrami 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The problem is "insider trading" has a definition and acting based on knowledge of government secrets isn't what it is.

varjag 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

And 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.

jonathanstrange 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

IANAL but what you state seems to literally fall under the STOCK Act of 2012. It is one kind of insider trading.

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itake 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't know who, but there are a lot of news articles about high volume oil trading activities shortly before publicly military action.

foo12bar 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There'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 2 days ago | parent [-]

> 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 2 days ago | parent [-]

The 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 2 days ago | parent [-]

> not a damned thing will happen

This is more lazy nihilism. Fortunately, it remains a minority view.

victorbjorklund 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You don’t think the Trump admin leaked any secrets at all? No chats on signal? Nothing like that?

benmw333 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Hey hey now - the occasional $200? $250? fine is devastating enough on our selfless, dedicated, public servants!