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It's actually a good idea. I wrote about it on the thread about terrorist futures markets when the story first came out. Studies have shown that markets are more accurate than weather forecasters in predicting Florida citrus production, someone or several someones profitted from 9/11, when American and United stocks were sold short just prior to the attacks at a far greater rate than should be expected, and following the explosion of the space shuttle in 1985, the stock of the company that made the booster rocket rings took a huge hit compared to the stocks of other shuttle component manufacturers, and the markets reflected this years before the investigation was complete that showed the booster rocket rings were at fault. I know it's distasteful, but it's a tool to gather intelligence about terror attacks, which is something our government needs help with, and I wish the Feds were still in charge of the program.
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