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Americans deserve to know who’s behind those suspiciously timed Iran war-related trades and bets

Americans are rightly suspicious of some questionably timed trades made during Operation Epic Fury, but federal regulators can shed some light on them at the very least by launching an investigation.

To the public, traders who made big profits timed to major news developments are anonymous, but the regulators, like the Security and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, have the power to investigate if they suspect foul play.

And in this case, the timing of the transactions — just before the news went public — raises legitimate questions of insider knowledge.

President Donald Trump has admirably sought to roll back onerous, economy-stifling regulation, and accordingly, regulators like the SEC have lightened their touch.

Yet one of Trump’s central........

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