The Policy Analysis Market in terrorism futures that created such a stir that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency dropped it like a hot potato in July is back. The market, which is intended to be an analysis tool to track and predict events in the Middle East, was developed for DARPA by Net Exchange of San Diego. The storm of congressional and public protest when the program was revealed resulted in its being shut down within 24 hours. But Net Exchange apparently has decided to launch PAM on its own next spring. Hi, I'm PAM. Is there something you'd like to tell me? "I know something you don't know! I know something you don't know!" Terrorism futures market gets second lease on life |