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United/American puts [View all]
from the commission report:
A single U.S.-based institutional investor with no conceivable ties to al Qaeda purchased 95% of the UAL puts on September 6 as part of a trading strategy that also included buying 115,000 shares of American on September 10... much of the seemingly suspicious trading in American on September 10 was traced to a specific U.S.-based options trading newsletter, faxed to its subscribers on Sunday, September 9, that recommended these trades
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks_advance-knowledge_debate#Insider_trading
Ok, so
1) has the "single U.S.-based institutional investor" ever been identified?
2) has the "specific U.S.-based options trading newsletter" ever been identified, and are there copies anywhere?
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