Tag Archives: Federal Bureau of Investigation

FaceBook acts as a de facto information gathering source for US intelligence agencies such as NSA, CIA and FBI. — [VIDEO]

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

More.

Posted in Ethics, Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, data, database, espionage, FaceBook, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Google, Julian Assange, National Security Agency, NSA, people database, personal data, privacy, private data, spying, US intelligence agencies, WikiLeaks, Yahoo! | Leave a comment

Could the FBI seize InTrade’s domain name and kill the real-money prediction markets? — [SOLUTION]

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

- Pokerstars, Full Tilt & Absolute Poker shut down by FBI. SOLUTION: – Firefox Add-on ‘Undoes’ U.S. Government Domain Seizures. – MAFIAA Fire extension for FireFox. – Seized gambling sites should be added in their list.

Posted in Betting, Gambling, Information Technology | Tagged Absolute Poker, Betting, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FireFox, FireFox add-ons, FireFox extensions, Full Tilt, Gambling, InTrade, MAFIAA Fire, PokerStars | Leave a comment

J. Edgar Hoover asked the FBI to track Josephine Baker’s movements around the world because of a row she had in a NYC restaurant with a columnist who was Hoover’s best friend. – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

What a pig.

Posted in Ethics, History | Tagged FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, History, J. Edgar Hoover, Josephine Baker | Leave a comment

Did Bin Laden speculate on the US airline stock derivatives (shorting them) between September 6, 2001 (date when he learned the timing of the attacks), and September 11, 2001 (date of the 4 attacks)?

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Via Mat Fogarty of Xpree Unusual Option Market Activity and the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 – by Allen M. Poteshman – 2006 Options traders, corporate managers, security analysts, exchange officials, regulators, prosecutors, policy makers, andâ€”at timesâ€”the public … Continue reading →

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Exchanges & Markets, Finance | Tagged 9/11 Commission, Airline, airline index, Al Qaeda, Allen M. Poteshman, Bin Laden, calls, derivatives, Did Bin Laden, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, insider trading, insiders, options, Policy Analysis Market, put options, puts, S&P 500, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Standard and Poor's airline, stocks, terrorism, terrorists, UAL, United States, US airlines, World Trade Center | 3 Comments

The war against online gambling

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Niall O'Connor

On 14 November 2007, in a statement made before the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary concerning internet gambling, Catherine Hanaway, the Unites States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri stated: It is the Departmentâ€™s view, and that … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Regulations | Tagged Catherine Hanaway, Federal Bureau of Investigation, House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Internet gambling, Missouri, online gambling, The Wire Act, Unites States Attorney | Leave a comment

August 6, 2001: Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US.

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Note: This blog post is filed in the “forecasting” and “accuracy” categories. — New York Times – Anonymous Editorial: [...] The Bush team was so busy in 2001 trying to upend Americaâ€™s global relationships according to a neo-conservative agenda that … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Forecasting (Science & Practice), History, Politics | Tagged Abu Zubaydah, Afghanistan, Ahmed Ressam, Al Qaeda, America, Bin Laden, California, Canada, Central Intelligence Agency, Condoleezza Rice, Dar es Salaam, East Africa, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Federal Bureau of Investigation, George W. Bush, Iraq, Kenya, Lieutenant, Los Angeles, Los Angeles International Airport, media reports, Nairobi, national security adviser, New York, New York Times, Omar Abdel Rahman, operative, President, Ramzi Yousef, Tanzania, Tenet, UAE, United States, Washington, World Trade Center | Leave a comment

Robin Hanson should have written to the New York Times’ public editor.

Posted on June 24, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

2000â€“2003 US DoD’s DARPA‘s IAO’s FutureMAPâ€“Policy Analysis Market project Here’s the New York Times news article on PAM , titled Pentagon Prepares A Futures Market On Terror Attacks. [Wrong. It was a prediction exchange on Mid-East issues. Market-generated predictions are … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History | Tagged Bin Laden, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pentagon, prediction markets, public editor, Robin Hanson, Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Times, United States, US DoD, USD | Leave a comment

Libertarian reflections on the Sopranos and prediction markets

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Caveat Bettor

The final episode really brought home to me how the coercive power of the government is not that far off from the power of the Mafia. Before I get into that, I found it interesting that the HBO franchise saw … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Meta), Politics | Tagged AIDS, Cancer, Dwight Harris, Federal Bureau of Investigation, heart disease, mafia executive, Matt Servitto, Tony Soprano | Leave a comment

I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby is expected to learn his sentence in the CIA leak case.

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Wall Street Journal: The former White House aide was convicted of obstruction of justice, perjury and lying to the FBI earlier this year. No prediction markets on his sentence. I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Pardon: — UPDATE: 30 months in prison

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged aide, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Pardon, Wall Street Journal, White House | 1 Comment

AMERICAN PREDICTION MARKET BLOGGER WHO WENT INTO HIDING AFTER THE PASSING OF THE INTERNET GAMBLING PROHIBITION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT HAS RESUSCITATED HIS BLOG.

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

SmartCrowd will publish a “prediction market index”. Without InTrade, which is illegal in the US. “Paul” (the blogger) is terrorized by the perspective of being arrested by the FBI for publishing a hot link to an offshore (Irish) prediction exchange. … Continue reading →

Posted in Resources - References | Tagged Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Gambling Prohibition, United States | Leave a comment

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