Betting on War | Sunday on 60 Minutes
In a Nutshell
New evidence reveals war profiteers, including a US soldier, using classified intelligence to bet on the timing and nature of military operations, marking a novel form of insider trading. This unprecedented practice involves wagering on inside information about how wars unfold. Experts note there is nothing comparable in history.
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As long as there have been wars, there have been war profiteers, but never quite like this. New evidence that betters, including a US soldier, may have profited by using inside information to wager on when and how military operations will unfold. A soldier using classified intelligence to trade. Unprecedented.
There is nothing to compare that to. This is a new kind of insider trading.
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