134 Billion in Bonds Being Smuggled in a Suitcase

Drudge ^ | 6/18/09 | Pesak

[Woebama]

Check out the article on Drudge. There's a bloomberg story (can't post it due to rules) saying two men had a suitcase filled with 134 billion in US government bonds they were taking out of Italy. That would make them the fourth largest creditors of the US govt, and it's a big problem if they are real . . . or if they are fake.

[Woebama]

Thoughts?

[ClearCase_guy]

I’m thinking this has already been posted.

[ataDude]

Uh, huh. About 50 times.

[Glenn]

Good morning, Woebama.

Nice of you to join the conversation.

[Lazamataz]

This thread will be posted one time for each dollar of these bond’s value.

[WoofDog123]

This story has been totally ignored by american media, aside from bloomberg. There is a german newspaper saying the bonds were authenticated. Either way, the implications of this event are hard to put into words.

[Principled]

No, only 17 times.

nevertheless - if this is the 1st the poster heard of it, it’s likely there are others...

[RexBeach]

This story broke, or was posted days and days ago.

[counterpunch]

0bama and Geithner have set up some Swiss bank accounts.

[DonaldC]

I never heard if they are real or not. If so, burn ‘em and we have that much less debt....hehehe

[BGHater]

Yeah, pretty much already posted.

[org.whodat]

My thoughts are you should do a search before posting.

[rvoitier]

About 2 weeks old and they’ve already been let loose.

[ClearCase_guy]

I know nothing about how these things work, but if someone were to present a piece of paper worth $1B (let along many such pieces of paper), I think the verification checks would be extensive.

Heck, when I go to the liquor store and give them a $20, they check to see if it's counterfeit.

I suppose anything is possible, but I think the story about counterfeit $1B bonds was floated in an attemp to hide the embarassment of real bonds being handled under the table.

[Paine in the Neck]

Update: Bearer Bonds Saga: Resolution?

[devane617]

I’ll wager this has been posted at least ten times...

[Bean Counter]

This story has been posted, and we were waiting for further developments.

Unfortunately, this ain’t it.

[ridesthemiles]

0bama and Geithner have set up some Swiss bank accounts.”

The people doing the transporting need to remember the name Vince Foster—who was making multiple trips in and out of Switzerland for the Clintons.....

[dirtymac]

As you can see the only thoughts that are being posted is to repeatedly tell you this has been posted before. Why the 15th poster felt it necessary to vent about previous posting of this article is beyond me. Once the comment has been posted, I would think is sufficient. Multiple posting of an article would indicate that a lot of people find the topic important and would like to engage in discussion. If this is a redundant article than why are there so many people rushing to the ‘already posted’ line, in a redundant fashion.

[hosepipe]

Who ends up with the Loot..?..