Note the subject of this post is about "thoughts on manipulation".
Manipulation is made possible, or helped along if you prefer, by bidding secrecy.
My post is a humble attempt, including some general statements, to put some lateral thinking into that subject discussion.
Unfortunately if a man is given a task to fix a problem, and his job depends on not fixing the problem, then he definitely will not find the solution to the problem. And so goes corruption of markets!
I don't know who said that, but I wish it had been me. Brilliant!