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To: sea_urchin who wrote (18973)	9/12/2003 3:17:31 PM
From: philv	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81247

Maybe we are being too critical of this man. He gave up a large fortune, $48 million, of his own volition, which proves he is actually a Saint. Have you given up $48 million.......ever? O.K. Besides, I have seen quite a bit of support for this poor embattled man. From his peers and immediate hopeful successors. Such distractions are not helpful in the pursuit of one's vocation, and hopefully he can overcome all this anguish and unwanted attention so that this matter will not adversely affect his professional bell ringing act. Now, don't you find all this ganging up so....so....grosso?

To: sea_urchin who wrote (18973)	9/20/2003 9:33:30 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 81247

> IMO, what he got "compensated" for, besides ringing the bell, is for not disclosing who were the ones who sold billions of dollars worth of stocks short prior to 9-11. To date, we have never "officially" heard who they were. Now we hear. suntimes.com >>>Somewhere out there are hedge funds or individual investors who profited from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But they had no foreknowledge of the catastrophes, an FBI spokesman said Thursday. Spokesman Ed Cogswell said the FBI has closed its investigation of stock and option trading that took place days before the attacks. He said the investigation turned up "absolutely no evidence'' of anyone with inside knowledge of what would happen.<<< Believe it or not.