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$10 Trillion Missing From Pentagon and No One — Not Even the DOD — Knows Where It Is
Restoring Liberty by Joe Miller ^ | 3/26/17 | by Claire Bernish

Posted on 03/27/2017 12:18:33 PM PDT by blueyon

Over a mere two decades, the Pentagon lost track of a mind-numbing $10 trillion — that’s trillion, with a fat, taxpayer-funded “T” — and no one, not even the Department of Defense, knows where it went or on what it was spent.

Even though audits of all federal agencies became mandatory in 1996, the Pentagon has apparently made itself an exception, and — fully 20 years later — stands obstinately orotund in never having complied.

Because, as defense officials insist — summoning their best impudent adolescent — an audit would take too long and, unironically, cost too much.

(Excerpt) Read more at joemiller.us ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: audit; budget; debt; fraud; govtabuse
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To: Personal Responsibility
"Takes a lot of cash to fight those aliens."


21 posted on 03/27/2017 12:31:07 PM PDT by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen)
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To: blueyon

>> $10 Trillion Missing From Pentagon and No One — Not Even the DOD — Knows Where It Is <<

Did anyone ask Hillary?


22 posted on 03/27/2017 12:31:42 PM PDT by BuffaloJack ("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
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To: blueyon

He is not saying it went missing, just that a bean counter didnt get to verify that it was blown up, burnt, ate, given to allies, sunk or still in use .


23 posted on 03/27/2017 12:32:11 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: blueyon

Simple.
Start.
Putting.
People.
In.
Jail.


24 posted on 03/27/2017 12:33:21 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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To: blueyon

Back when I was in the army, between the Korean and Vietnamese wars, there was a little hanky panky going on, but nothing like this. For instance, I was the company security guard for a year, and most of my work consisted in burning 55 gallon oil drums full of confidential, secret, and top secret stuff that got passed down the line to us, because nobody could be bothered to deal with it.

And there was an extra Nike missile that no one could account for. The paperwork was missing. So the order was given to take it out into the desert and bury it, solving the discrepancy.

Or when the Secretary of Defense ordered that all companies should give up trucks that they weren’t putting to sufficient use, we were ordered to drive them around and around the desert until they showed a sufficient number of miles to keep them.

But ten trillion dollars? That’s obviously outright theft at the highest levels. Exchange of pork among the generals, the politicians, and their buddies.


25 posted on 03/27/2017 12:34:42 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: blueyon

It’s a beautiful thing, ain’t it?


26 posted on 03/27/2017 12:35:56 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: HarleyLady27

"....I only stole one trillion"

27 posted on 03/27/2017 12:35:57 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: blueyon

I think we need to start with the guy in Tahiti...and all his friends....


28 posted on 03/27/2017 12:36:16 PM PDT by browniexyz
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To: blueyon
Just curious, does funding for true black box research and projects go through the Pentagon? I always assumed much of it was hidden and funneled (or laundered if you prefer) through general/omni budgets.

If missing trillions were going to cutting edge technology and research toward national security, I wouldn't cry. If it's ending up in the hands of warlords, smugglers, and crooked world leaders, then someone needs a more transparent audit.
29 posted on 03/27/2017 12:36:26 PM PDT by z3n
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To: blueyon
I have a client and business partner who made some savvy real estate moves back in 2007-08 before the U.S. housing and real estate market began to unravel. He sold off most of his company's real estate holdings right before the 2008 crash.

One of the things that got him moving on this was a single article he had read in an international news publication about the out-of-control real estate market in Dubai -- which was fueled largely by political and tribal leaders all over the Middle East buying expensive residential and commercial properties with piles of U.S. cash.

30 posted on 03/27/2017 12:39:02 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (President Donald J. Trump ... Making America Great Again, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: blueyon

It sank in the swamp.


31 posted on 03/27/2017 12:40:50 PM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: blueyon

But the government knows all about the baked chicken recipe that I e-mailed to my sister.


32 posted on 03/27/2017 12:47:11 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: blueyon

We was robbed by a black guy.
Something to chuckle about because 10 trillion is a really huge number.
If we found that 10 Trillion we could burn our money and come out ahead.
https://youtu.be/XEDzNA39Vvc


33 posted on 03/27/2017 12:48:30 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: Licensed-To-Carry

I don’t have no money. No those are not Pallets of Bundled 100 dollar bills in that safe. Really it’s all fake. Trust me.


34 posted on 03/27/2017 12:55:43 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: blueyon
When we see (after all the agency audits ordered by President Trump, and the subsequent cost-saving practices are put in place) how much of our $$ was wasted, and how much we really can afford to do when we eliminate the waste, fraud and abuse, we'll be shocked how wealthy we really are, and how much we can do for so much le$$.

A trillion here, a trillion there... pretty soon you're talking real money.

35 posted on 03/27/2017 12:58:41 PM PDT by Gargantua ("Still not tired of winning---beeyotch!" ;^)
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To: blueyon

Check with the CIA or NSA; they’re pretty good at moving things around without a trace. Darpa? Skunk works? Any other deep covert programs perhaps.


36 posted on 03/27/2017 12:59:41 PM PDT by CARTOUCHE (Deep State has a tap root.)
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To: blueyon

The new meme is that it is Trump’s fault.


37 posted on 03/27/2017 1:02:45 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: blueyon

Anyone check the pallets on the dock in Tahiti?


38 posted on 03/27/2017 1:04:33 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: blueyon

I wonder how much made it’s way into the Clinton and Obama foundations?


39 posted on 03/27/2017 1:08:25 PM PDT by Vic S
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To: proust

2001 called... they want their jpeg compression and font drop shadows back!


40 posted on 03/27/2017 1:08:41 PM PDT by Boogieman
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