Thought John Poindexter's Total Information Awareness plan was a bad idea? Wait until you get a load of the admiral's latest bit of lunacy -- a futures market to help predict terrorist attacks, assassinations and coups. Registered traders would bet real cash money on the likelihood of various despicable acts, making a profit as consensus grew and really cashing in if tragedy occurred. (Couldn't you imagine terrorists gaming the market to finance themselves?) Denounced by a group of senators earlier this week, the plan has already been abandoned. But my God ... isn't it high time somebody forcibly medicated Poindexter?

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