April 5, 2013 11:32 pm PDT
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How DC insiders launder insider market information for the rich
We already know that Congresscritters make huge bank through insider trading, exploiting a loophole that lets them place bets on the stock market based on rules they have yet to announce. But this game-rigging con isn't limited to elected officials: a whole class of unregulated beltway insiders make their living by wheedling "political intelligence" (that [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Yhg7b5zmIik/story01.htm
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