Soldiers recover millions in soggy cash from New Orleans

ARNEWS ^ | Sep 27, 2005 | Capt. Kevin Hynes

[SandRat]

Gives a whole new meaning to Money Laundering doesn't it.

[abb]

Or even, "Follow the money."

[Dog Gone]

There are probably many more stories like this yet to be told.

[Hodar]

You know, IF I were too be a looter, and risk being shot at; it surely wouldn't be a louse pair of Nikes.

[opticks]

Ok, reality check. For someone to classify something TOP SECRET, the event or operation has to pose "exceptionally grave damage" to the national security of the United States. In my experience, $100 million dollars hardly qualifies. That kind of money is spent every second in the DoD. Maybe the DoT needs some security education.

[wardaddy]

[DumpsterDiver]

Gives a whole new meaning to Money Laundering doesn't it.

Yes, it does. Filthy lucre.

... fetid bricks of cash... Because the cash had been submerged by the black water, which left a scummy black toxic film covering the bills, the cash was probably going to have to be destroyed.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Ok, reality check. For someone to classify something TOP SECRET, the event or operation has to pose "exceptionally grave damage" to the national security of the United States. In my experience, $100 million dollars hardly qualifies. That kind of money is spent every second in the DoD. Maybe the DoT needs some security education. You have obviously not spent a lot of time in Naw Orlawns

[narby]

My daughters boyfriend was in Iraq as part of the unit that caught Saddam. He got his picture in Time magazine guarding Saddams stack of cash. I'll have to send this to him.

[bitt]

Suddenly the missing 500 policemen reappeared...led by THESE three......

[operation clinton cleanup]

The soggy, stinking cash and coins were removed from a flooded Loomis, Fargo & Co. building in New Orleans by members of the National Guard Counter Drug Task Force who dubbed the mission “Ocean’s 13,” as a sequel to the recent heist movie.

Are they recovering the Naggin and Blanco retirement fund?

[operation clinton cleanup]

“People approached us and started asking questions about our (light armored vehicles.) Things like, ‘How much weight can these things carry?’ ‘Where is the balance point?’ things like that,” said Panipinto. “They didn’t identify themselves and we couldn’t get any straight answers. They just kept asking weird questions and taking measurements.”

Obviously MSM reporters trying to tip off terrorist's!

[the Deejay]

Shades of US Troops finding billions of US currency when invading Iraq.

[GSlob]

"After breeching the vault..."
It's a very good technique - opening safe vaults with a good kick in the posterior. Highly effective.

[operation clinton cleanup]

[operation clinton cleanup]

ok... lets try this one...

[opticks]

nah, their legal defense fund! ;-)

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The soggy, stinking cash

Hell, I'll still take it and spend it.

[SandRat]

maybe there's more to the story than is being told? hmmmmmm....

Had to give the Kool-Aide crowd something to scream about just to have a Pop Corn Party watching them run around with their tin-foil anti-radiation hats on.

[Moonman62]

It was weird because you would look at these people and you just felt like you were moving money for the mafia,” he added.

Government treasury officials. Not much difference.