The "probe" into "short selling" by the Israeli group is an allegation, unless the writer can substantiate it with sources.
We know that there were large put options executed on companies like the airlines and insurers. The records are public.
All the citations in that article are from individuals from organizations and their statements are not directly related to an investigation. "We would know if there is large put activity". SO would I, so would Bernie Schaeffer, ect.
The author however, has used this issue to tie in an un-named group of Israelis, for short selling STOCK, or depositary receipts on foreign exchanges. The SEC has no jurisdiction in the Frankfurt, Paris, et. al. exchanges and any info has to come from those exchanges.
Add to this association made by the TBRNews.org article the fact that TBSNews.org promotes Holocaust denial, it seems clear to me that TBRNews is not reporting news per se, but trying to cleverly smear a group by exploiting the put options activity and the investigation thereto.
If there is a group of Israelis that short sold those companies on the foreign exchanges, who are they? What were thier positions in the 38 companies and what other position did they have.
Was this group tied together, or did someone unearth 38 short positions among various Israelis and imply it was conspiratorially related to 9/11?
I would be willing to bet that short positions were opened on all 38 companies in the same time frame stated in the article - Aug 26 - Sept 10 - by various Christian Americans, and that those short positions were closed quickly after trading resumed after 9/11.
I would also be willing to bet that that group of Christian Americans were engaging in normal speculative activity, had positions in many other companies, long and short, and hadno foreknowledge of 9/11,
Can you imagine the response if someone investigated such a group of Christian Americans and found they had short positions in the airlines, insurers, travel business, etc. and that those shorts paid big after 9/11, and they wrote an article implying a conspiracy? The response would be complete dismissal.
A writer can spin anything anyway.
Sorry for going ballistic earlier.
