Retired Adm. John Poindexter, who created a firestorm this week with his plan to create a futures market that would capitalize on predicting terror attacks, will resign in coming weeks from his post at the Pentagon, a senior defense official said Thursday.

Did I call that or what? Who says predicting the future is unreliable?

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Poindexter to resign in coming weeks following terror futures flap