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SHOW: NBC Nightly News (6:30 PM ET) - NBC

July 29, 2003 Tuesday

LENGTH: 150 words

HEADLINE: Program for futures trading market on terrorist events canceled by
Pentagon

ANCHORS: TOM BROKAW

BODY:
TOM BROKAW, anchor:

And we have an update tonight on a story that we told you about last night. The
terrorism futures market has no future. The Pentagon was supposed to announce
today that it was creating an online futures trading market on terrorist
attacks. In theory, it would help forecast terrorist events before they happen.
But critics call the idea of allowing traders to profit by correctly predicting
attacks and assassinations grotesque, morally repugnant and incredibly stupid.
The Pentagon said today they heard the critics. The program is now canceled.

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