# Terror Bets Anyone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terror-bets-anyone/191538>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 28, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terror-bets-anyone/191538 "2003-07-28T22:51:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terror-bets-anyone/191538/21 "2003-08-03T05:13:17Z")

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It just keeps getting better…

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> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Poindexter, the Iran-Contra scandal figure who headed two criticized Pentagon projects, including one that would have enabled investors to profit by predicting terrorist attacks, will quit his post within weeks, U.S. defense officials said on Thursday.
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> Poindexter, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, “expects to, within a few weeks, offer his resignation,” a senior defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters.

[http://www.rense.com/general39/bails.htm](http://www.rense.com/general39/bails.htm)

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