2.3 Trillion missing on 9/10/2001, anyone have a link please?

[Mnemosyne]

Rumsfeld held a press conference and said it was "unaccounted for". This would have caused an uproar but for the events of the next day.

I believe the total has risen to 3.4tl if I'm not mistaken.

I was just reading a thread by a candidate for office. He stated that he didn't think there is much waste at the Pentagon. I feel he needs enlightened.

Thanks for any help guys! :hi:

[RedSock]

1. From Paul Thompson's 9/11 Timeline

September 10, 2001: Rumsfeld Announces Defense Department Cannot Track $2.3 Trillion in Transactions

In a speech to the Department of Defense, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld announces that the Department of Defense "cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions." CBS later calculates that 25 percent of the yearly defense budget is unaccounted for, and quotes a long-time defense budget analyst: "(Their) numbers are pie in the sky. The books are cooked routinely year after year." Coverage of this rather shocking story is nearly nonexistent given the events of the next day. (Defense Department, 9/10/01; CBS News, 1/29/02) In April 2002 it will be revealed that $1.1 trillion of the missing money comes from the 2000 fiscal year. Auditors won't even quantify how much money is missing from fiscal year 2001, causing "some fear it's worse" than 2000. The Department of the Army will state that it won't publish a stand-alone financial statement for 2001 because of "the loss of financial-management personnel sustained during the Sept. 11 terrorist attack." (Insight, 4/29/02) This $1.1 trillion plus unknown additional amounts continues to remain unaccounted for, and auditors say it may take eight years of reorganization before a proper accounting can be done. (Insight, 8/21/03)

http://complete911timeline.org/context.jsp?item=a091001defensebudget

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Then there are the stories of about $9 BILLION being unaccounted for in Iraq.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.audit/

[Mnemosyne]

2. Thanks so much RedSock! I Think anyone

running for office needs to be aware of this missing money. I know 9/11 is out of the question, but if they just pay attention to waste like this maybe new Senators and Congress people will put an end to the robbery.

In peace and hope,
V