Cave-In - As I noted

Cave-In - As I noted yesterday, the Pentagon caved on using the Futures Market as a tool to help predict terror.

Instapundit and Postrel both write about this today - Postrel links to this excellent piece by Hal Varian.

I have only this to add; this idea was scuppered by two things: the hatred of Democrats for the word "Market", and the unwillingness of too many Republicans to think out of the box.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.