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Thomas Daschle: “It is my understanding they are actually encouraging investors to trade in this terrorist probability or possibility.…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2003
It is my understanding they are actually encouraging investors to trade in this terrorist probability or possibility. Their view is that somehow, by those who invest, in watching or monitoring those who invest, they can better determine where this terrorist attack may occur. What they don't fail to appreciate is that investors try to make good on their investments. So would it not stand to reason that once this investment was made and the market moved in the direction of assassinating a given leader, indeed, that would be the ultimate outcome?
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Thomas Daschle
South Dakota

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Discussing the implications of allowing investors to trade on terrorist probabilities.

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