Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
3 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Hegseth prohibits troops from using ‘nonpublic information’ to bet on prediction markets in new directive
By
Associated Press
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Hegseth → prohibit → Press
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a new directive telling troops they cannot use “nonpublic information” to make bets on prediction markets.
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they → issue → markets
“Our enemies watch movements in these markets,” Hegseth wrote in a memo dated Tuesday and reviewed by The Associated Press.
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Hegseth → watch → Press
“When an American Service member, intelligence professional, or other Department civilian engages in a financial transaction on a military outcome, they create a signal.”
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they → engage → signal
The one-page document, which was reported earlier by CBS News, comes months after a U.S. Special Forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 on the prediction market Polymarket.
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soldier → report → market
The memo stresses that troops are forbidden from using both classified and unclassified but nonpublic information to make trades on platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi.
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troops → stress → Polymarket
It says violators could be subject to administrative punishment and criminal charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or federal law.
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violators → say → Justice
“Beyond operational security, financial stakes can warp judgment,” Hegseth said in the memo.
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Hegseth → warp → memo
“A logistician with money riding on a strike date has an interest in that date.
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logistician → rid → date
An analyst with a position on an outcome has an interest in that outcome.”
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analyst → have → outcome
When asked about the new policy, a defense official said the Pentagon had no other information to offer beyond the memo.
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Pentagon → ask → memo
In April, 38-year-old Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke was charged by federal prosecutors and federal regulators with using his access as a Special Forces member to place a series of bets that totaled more than $32,500 on when Maduro might be removed from power.
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Maduro → charge → power
According to the federal complaint in his case, he placed those bets between Dec. 30 and Jan. 2, with the vast majority occurring the night of Jan. 2 — just hours before the first missiles would fall on Caracas.
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missiles → accord → Caracas
However, the issue of government officials and employees using their access to place bets on prediction markets is not confined to the Pentagon.
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officials → use → Pentagon
The Aporia
