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[–] green_man 0 points 27 points 27 points (+27|-0) ago
They absolutely know where it went. The problem is it went to something so illegal and so distasteful that claiming they were incompetent enough to lose $6.5 trillion was preferable to admitting the truth.
[–] solarsavior 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
Yeah, they don't even make up lies like $500 hammers anymore to try to conceal it.
All I can say is there better damn well be a Stargate program.
[–] DependasaurusRex 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Well, that part isn't exactly a lie either...
[–] thisisarealusername 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
did someone say "money laundering"?
[–] RonaldMcShitlord 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
What I don't understand though is how that much could even be spent without it being visible. $6.5 trillion buys a hell of a lot of toys. You could literally build one thousand Nimitz-class aircraft carriers with that much money and still have a few bucks left over to spare. How could anyone spend that kind of money without it being noticed that all this extra stuff was being purchased?
[–] ReadVotePostRepeat 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Because it went straight into people's Bank accounts
[–] RedditisPropaganda25 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Why do we pay taxes again?
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[–] Rosenkavalier 0 points 16 points 16 points (+16|-0) ago
So that means another 9/11 is going to happen again?
Rumsfeld announced $2.3 trillion unaccounted for on September 10, 2001.
[–] 6041416? 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago (edited ago)
That was my thoughts exactly.. Will probably be war with Russia this time tho.
[–] Rosenkavalier 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Maybe it will have something to do with those nukes at Incirlik air base?
The deep state is itching to get into Syria..
[–] Cobr4Comm4nder 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
Didn't plants fly into buildings the last time this happened?
[–] Cobr4Comm4nder 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
And I'm leaving the spelling error since it reminds me of whales and plants fighting gravity.
[–] HeavyBrain 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yes.
But thank god we "got" the bitch that was responsible.
(Sorry I saw your second commentw too, but I just had to shitpost.)
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[–] TheTrigger 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
What are you, some kind of socialist? Damn millennials and their— go play some Pokémon Go or something.
[–] jamesed 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
First of all the article is a bunch of Crap. The main problem with the DOD is that it is a convenient slush fund for the politicians to hide all kinds of crap expenditures in. Perfect example is the Department of Veterans affairs. It is under the DOD yet it spent over 250 million in the last 10 years for ART WORK providing income to 10,000 artists of dubious quality. How many weapons systems that are obsolete or just plain don't work has the pentagon been forced to buy because it provides jobs to some powerful congressman's district. What about the hundreds of millions of dollars spent trying to mainstream women, trans genders etc into the combat units when then isn't a fucking woman around that can carry 120 lbs of battle rattle for 30 miles in 10 hours which is a requirement for light infantry. (Airborne, mountain infantry divisions). So if there is no audit its because the Congress doesn't want one because if there were a whole bunch of congressman's pet projects that are nothing but jobs programs would go into the crapper.
[–] TheTrigger 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You DO know that the "art world" is 95% money laundering, right? Some artists just get lucky and are pushed in to popularity to justify the fat price tags, once the "buyers" start using them as blackmarket currency.
That $250m was, almost assuredly, payoffs.
[–] Gargilius 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Oops, I hate when that happens. Perhaps they could start using Mint or something? it helps a lot tracking down these little expenses that quickly add up...
[–] express-o ago
Oh no, not again!
[–] ilovepussy ago
Ask the Clintons - Here's Why