Well, howdy there, internet people it spell again.

So today, we're going to talk about a U.S. soldier allegedly betting on Maduro being ousted.

About 10 days ago, I said this would be a story in the background until it reached a climax.

Well, the feds announced they arrested a special operation soldier in North Carolina,

who was involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro

for allegedly betting on the operation he was involved in.

Okay.

So for quite some time, we've talked about how suspicious trades timed with actions from the White

House aren't just a matter of ethics.

They're a national security issue.

We talked about how the apparent use of prediction markets by those with inside information

could pose a bigger issue and could be used to predict troop movements and military actions.

Foreign intelligence services could monitor identified accounts and use that as a basis to help determine the intent of the U.S. government.

That is obviously no longer a hypothetical.

If foreign intelligence services weren't actively working on ways to analyze the bets. They are now.

The indictment says, quote,

Rather than safeguard that information as he was obligated to do,

Van Dyke decided to use that classified information

to place trades on a prediction market platform for his personal profit.

It goes on to allege, quote, Van Dyke subsequently tried to conceal his unlawful use of classified

U.S. government information by attempting to obscure the source of his unlawful

proceeds and to disguise his connection to the accounts linked to the illicit trades.

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