Aleynikov Affair Jumps the Shark: FBI Protecting US from WHAT?

“Any comment in those files can be pursued by the gentleman’s attorney about what was intended, what it means,” said Allan Grody, president of the New York-based risk management consultancy Financial InterGroup and a former professor of risk management at NYU’s Stern School of Business. “Worlds not though to be damaging or of concern when one fills out a profile of an individual, in light of a prosecution for criminal behavior can take on new meaning.” [1]

So now you know ;)

What I’ve been trying to do today is work through a psychological analysis of Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable, but maybe I should just keep blogging.

If this isn’t first and foremost exploiting America’s law enforcement and criminal justice resources in aid of a business purpose then I’m the *&#^% Queen of England.

The final settlement is likely to include a fine, and a prohibition against working in this area in the future, Grody said.

“If the young gentleman is smart, he’ll work to avoid being banned from the securities industry,” he said. “But he will certainly be kept away from doing anything having to do with high speed electronic trading. I think that will be a good outcome.”

11 across: the State in the service of the Corporation (7 letters, begins "f")

… of course, if you’ve got a genuine complaint about someone taking your intellectual property,[2] the civil courts work just great :)

Microsoft was on Wednesday ordered to modify the main versions of its Word program for creating documents and pay $240m for infringing on a patent held by a small Toronto company called i4i.

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[1]: "Settlement Likely in Goldman Sachs Code Theft Case", by Maria Korolov, Securities Industry News, August 12, 2009.

[2]: "Microsoft told to modify Word and pay $240m", by Joseph Menn, Financial Times, August 13, 2009.

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  1. malthus says:

    11 across: the State in the service of the Corporation (7 letters, begins “f”)–John M

    I think you are prompting “fascism” as a response but the proffered definition actually looks more like a description of mercantilism. Therefore, I submit the following as being a little more helpful:

    “[W]here Communism seeks to substitute the state for private ownership, fascism seeks to incorporate or co-opt private ownership into the state apparatus through public-private partnership. Thus fascism tends to be more tempting than Communism to wealthy interests who may see it as a way to insulate their economic power from competition through forced cartelization and other corporatist stratagems.” http://mises.org/story/1957

    Obamanomics is arguably fascistic, as was also the case with the preceding administration’s economic policies. The only difference between the two is that Obama is described as a Progressive, whereas Bush wanted to be known as a Compassionate Conservative.

    Meet the new boss; same as the old boss.–Peter Townsend

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