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I know and decided to ignore

Flavius — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:00:56 +0000

In reply to Most of the lawyers quoted in

I know and decided to ignore that when I called Paulson a crook.

If you give Wllie Sutton a key to the bank I think you've behaved illegally even if he doesn't cut you in on the loot. .

Most of the lawyers quoted in

Dan Kervick — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:28:09 +0000

In reply to How do you spell C R O O K? It's P A U L S..................

Most of the lawyers quoted in the Bloomberg piece seem to think that while Paulson's disclosure was unethical, it was not illegal since he personally did not trade on the information.

Speaking for myself, I don't

Verified Atheist — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:54:01 +0000

In reply to Hmn, not much interest. Oh

Speaking for myself, I don't know enough about the law to have an informed opinion of the matter.

Hmn, not much interest. Oh

Flavius — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:36:15 +0000

In reply to How do you spell C R O O K? It's P A U L S..................

Hmn, not much interest.

Oh well, so the Secretary of the Treasury has broken the law against insider trading.Yawn. What else is new?

It's interesting to google the subject. Apart from Keith, it was covered by various media aimed at investors but not by the Times, or FT or NPR or PBS.