http://solari.com/blog/?p=1983
http://solari.com/blog/?p=1400
By Catherine Austin Fitts
January 12, 2009 "Solari <http://solari.com/blog/?p=1983> " -- - In
fiscal 1999, the Department of Defense was "missing" $2.3 trillion
dollars. To put that amount of money in perspective, it is approximately
3X what President-elect Obama is proposing to spend to revitalize
America <http://change.gov/agenda/economy_agenda/> .
In fiscal 2000, the Department of Defense was "missing" $1.1 trillion,
about 1.5X what President-elect Obama wants to invest in America.
So between October 1998 and September 2000, the Department of Defense
was "missing" $3.3 trillion. Because the amount of money disappearing is
so enormous, years ago we started a archive of articles
<http://solari.com/archive/missing_money/> on the "missing money" to
try to keep up with the trillions sliding out of the federal accounts.
From 1997 to March 2001, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
who served as the chief financial officer for the Department of Defense
was William J. Lynn III. In that position, he was the chief financial
officer for the Department of Defense and was the principal advisor to
the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for all budgetary and
fiscal matters. That means he was the person responsible to make sure no
money went missing and that the Department of Defense published audited
financial statements - which it failed to do in those years and every
year since.
When Mr. Lynn left Defense in 2001, he joined DFI International and then
in 2005 became the chief lobbyist for Raytheon
<http://www.raytheon.com/ourcompany/rtnwcm/groups/public/documents/conte
nt/bio_lynn.pdf> . He was replaced at Defense by Dov Zakheim
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dov_Zakheim> .
Today, President Elect Obama nominated
<http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president-elect_obama_announces_key_de
partment_of_defense_posts/> William J. Lynn III as the Deputy Secretary
of Defense. The press release said, "Lynn brings decades of experience
and expertise in reforming government spending and making the tough
choices necessary to ensure that American tax dollars are spent wisely."
Obama also nominated Robert Hale to Lynn's former position, Under
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Hale served
as the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and
Comptroller). That means that Hale, same as Lynn, was in charge of the
money when all the money disappeared.
I guess the guys who got the last $3.3 trillion were pretty happy with
Mr. Lynn and Mr. Hale and decided to bring them back.
Which brings me to the question I keep asking, "Where is the money and
how do we get it back? <http://solari.com/blog/?p=1400> "
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