--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" > <markmeredith@> wrote: > <snip> > > The trading anomolies were in the options trading of the 2 airlines > > involved in 9/11 hijackings. The data is easily available - I do > > options trading for a living. I compared the options trading in the > > relevant airlines the prior week to 9/11 to the prior year and it > was > > clearly statistically significant, no doubt about it, and it was all > > predicting a downward movement, ie, purchase of put options. > > > > The government panel investigating 9/11 look at this issue and came > > up with some reasons for the unusual trading - it being unusual > > wasn't questioned. They didn't give enough info on the source > > documents for me to find them and do my own analysis, but their > > reasons seemed weak > > Where did you find the reasons they gave? I was > under the impression they'd just said there were > explanations and left it at that. > > > for example they referred to an options newsletter that went bearish > > on airlines that week, which would be relevant if all airlines saw > > bearish trading, but only the 2 involved in 9/11 showed bearish > > trading. There were some other weakass explanations as well. > > > > Though data on options trading is publicly available, info on the > > accts involved in the trading is not and I'm not sure what they know > > about the accts and account holders involved in the unusually high > > volume trading. That to me is the key. > > Yes, of course it is. All the rest of the nonsense > being argued here is just an attempt to distract > attention from the real issue: Who was doing that > trading? > > That's why I brought it up in the first place. > > What would the status be of the records that would > show who was doing the trading? Who would have them, > and what would be required to pry that information > loose? It's potentially evidence of a crime, i.e., > knowing the attacks were going to take place but not > reporting that fact to the authorities. > +++ When the authorities are the ones causing the problem, whistleblowing becomes a hazard to the person with the whistle. N.
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