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maxelson rejoices: poindexter out
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Poindexter to Resign Following Terrorist Futures Debacle
By ERIC SCHMITT
WASHINGTON, July 31 - The Pentagon official who oversaw the development of a plan for the military to operate a terrorist futures-trading market is resigning under pressure, a senior defense official said today.
John M. Poindexter, a retired rear admiral who was President Ronald Reagan's national security adviser, is stepping down ``in the next few weeks,'' the official said, following disclosure of a proposal that outraged lawmakers and embarrassed senior Pentagon officials. The plan was to create in essence an online betting parlor that would have rewarded investors who forecast terrorist attacks, assassinations and coups.
more: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/31/po...D-POIN.html?hp
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Chris. T.
"... in 6 months if WMD are found, I hope all clear-thinking people who opposed the war will say "You're right, we were wrong -- good job". Similarly, if after 6 months no WMD are found, people who supported the war should say the same thing -- and move to impeach Mr. Bush." - moki, 04/16/03
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Good news.
However, I'm sure he'll resurface in some think tank or other and go right back to haunting the halls of Washington peddling his lunatic, criminal schemes.
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"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die." -- Hunter S. Thompson
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It's good to see him gone. There are people in our government who are even worse than him, but there aren't many.
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
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Originally posted by Millennium:
It's good to see him gone. There are people in our government who are even worse than him, but there aren't many.
agreed, but he should have never been utilized in the first place. That was such an obviously bone-headed decision, I'm surprised it happened, even for diehard republicans.
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That man creeps me out. Glad he's gone.
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Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
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