[Lion's Cub]

FAA, FBI, IRS, NATO, NAVAIR, US Air Force, US Department of Energy, US Department of Education, US Department of Veteran Affairs, US House of Representatives, USDA Forest Service, US Postal Service

Does each department dispense its own checks? Or do all payments have to go through the GAO?

I'm asking because I remember that nearly every department had millions of dollars in missing funds every year. With a back door into these systems, the US taxpayer might have been funding the terrorists as well as certain politicians...

For example: THE WAR ON WASTE - Rumsfeld Says 2.3 Trillion Dollars Missing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/620276/posts

I don't have a link, but it seems to me that was something like 600M missing from the Department of Education.

[swarthyguy]

Someday, perhaps, the full extent of Saudi infiltration of this land will become clear.

[Grampa Dave]

I believe that they dispense the checks under the chain of command.

Then the GAO does audits. However, the guy in charge of the GAO was appointed by the Clintoon, and he was a major partner with Arthur Andersen. That raises many flags with me.

[thinden]

interesting point you make, LC.

it never hurts to be too paranoid.