Re: Potestman's article on put options before 9-11

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul knows that the trading does not prove a conspiracy

I don't think that this discussion is leading anywhere.

On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 05:27:51PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Mar 18, 2007, at 5:10 PM, Sabri Oncu wrote:
>
> > Why are you surprised Doug?
>
> Ok, so there was some odd activity in options on airline stocks in
> the days before 9/11. What does that prove? It could be chance, it
> could be Osama trading on his own account, who knows? What it doesn't
> suggest is that Dick Cheney & Co. knew, because if we're to believe
> that they were clever enough to pull off a caper that even the BBC
> was in on then they're not stupid enough to leave incriminating
> trails for a few thousand bucks in profits.
>
> Doug

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