Around the same time that auditors declared that the Department of Defense’s finances are unauditable, The Nation published an extensive exposé of just how deliberately falsified and mismanaged the Pentagon’s accounts are. We speak to the report’s author, investigative journalist David Lindorff
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Well done.
Soooo tired of the military industrial complex and all the liars in govt.
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The military prides itself on effientcy, honor, and patriotism. All lies, they are supposed to defend the country and its people while stealing, killing and lying to the American people. There's no honor or loyalty to the people. It's all fraud and self preservation and greed that exposes this country's hypocrisy.
Wow 54% of tax goes to pentagon
That is shocking
No wonder USA doesn’t have free medical system
Duhhhhh
Great video
You guys worry too much !!! just live your life normal, watch football. boxing, porn, go to work, do your shopping, smoke your marijuana, your living a life in here
That explains, eg., how the MSM are financed – and so much more!
It can easily be accounted for. It was stolen by the oligarchy.
AOC has been getting slammed on Twitter for tweeting an exerpt from his article. Critics say the pentagon's cumulative military budget from 1776 til now only comes to $18 trillion. TRNN could you address that? I'm very confused about this.
Why did I initially read "Pentagon" as "NSA" in this report title? Am I going crazy?
my question is why now, who sought this audit.
this came out the day before the 9/11 attacks, donald rumsfeld came out and said they could not account for 7 trillion dollars i think it was, then boom 9/11 attacks next day.
The military-industrial-congressional complex (:-(
Whenever I look at a photo of the Pentagon , I think: the Storming of the Bastille ‘d be a piece-of-cake job compared to storming this one!
financial mismanagement? stop the euphemeisms, this is corruption! this is a corrupt empire! The fiat money is backed by nothing else than military force!
I never knew numbers could be classified between good and bad!
Terrorist: Anyone who lawfully reacts to being unlawfully bombed because of deliberate lies created by those doing the bombing.
21 Trillion dollars is 21,000 Billion dollar bills. The United States will run out of trees before it runs out of bullshit! LOL
"Funny" how this happened around the time of 9-11 "attack"
Treason. Hang em high.
This issue isn't the Elephant in the room. It's the $27 TRILLION WHALE in the room!!!!!! While we the American people suffer under austerity. Being constantly told that there isn't enough money for this program or that program. The Pentagon is literally swimming in "OUR" money!!!! Just think what $27 TRILLION could have done for the American people/economy and even for the people of the WORLD/WORLD ECONOMY!!!!! We could have ENDED POVERTY as we know it!!!!! We could have SOLVED our climate crisis problems long ago. Especially considering we knew about them way back in the 70's!!!! Hell, Carter had SOLAR PANELS installed on the White house back then!!!!!! All of WORLDS problems could have BEEN solved were it not for our UNQUENCHABLE GREED!!!!!!!! And humanity WILL pay the ultimate price for it. How sad….
Trying to download this pdf now… it will not download (or at least taking FOREVER!!)
Well, there was $800 Million in shrink wrapped cash that "disappeared" during the Iraqi War.
A US general told me once, that spreading "democracy" around the world is quite expensive.
Pentagon has been & now become a Fraudulent Quasi Government Money Laundering Wing making no Profit whatsoever nor maintain National Security or keeping Americans safe in the Furthest meaning of those terms. Thanks to TRN and other Social Media for enlightening some Americans to that fact.
I hope that all that spending gives you the feeling of safety in your usa. You probibly twarted an Afghany plan to invade you.
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The liberals aren't going about accounting our advanced space program and flying saucers. It is centuries beyond what those power hungry leftists could morally handle. no taking over the world.
Catherine Austin Fitts is the source of insight into the missing money. Skidmore initially believed that her claim could not possibly be true until he and his students verified it. Fitts has been a voice in the wilderness for years. She deserves to be cited.