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Column: Congress Does an End Run Around Insider Trading Rules


Insider trading, Merriam-Webster tell us, is “the illegal use of information available only to insiders in order to make a profit in financial trading.”
In 2011, conservative think-tanker Peter Schweizer wrote a book about legal but unethical financial trading. It was titled “Throw Them All Out.” It described how members of Congress legally traded stocks after learning of nonpublic information that would influence stock prices. The news show “60 Minutes” verified Schweizer’s claims, then interviewed him on TV on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011.
Insider trading had been illegal for corporate executives since enactment of the Securities Exchange Act (SEA) in 1934. But it failed to include Congress and its employees, leaving them free as a bird to line their own pockets. There’s a Latin phrase that describes this scenario: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” Loosely translated, it asks, “Who watches the watchers?” ....

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