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""Notice, by the way, that the US Media has totally ignored this story - even though the securities in question are allegedly US instruments.""
"Gee, I wonder why? Might the authorities know they're real and be just a wee bit nervous that disclosure of a sovereign attempting to covertly dump nearly $140 billion in debt could cause a wee bit of panic, given that we're running nearly $200 billion a month in deficits?"
...or perhaps the mobsters presently in control of the US Gov’t. were trying to pull an “Italian Job” as described at the end of this article
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15456&size=A