$6.6 billion missing. "C-130 sighted," Ramirez unload that money.

[thelorax]

They sent an initial full planeload of cash, followed by 20 other flights to Iraq by May 2004 in a $12-billion haul that U.S. officials believe to be the biggest international cash airlift of all time.

Iraq: Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say - latimes.com

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/10/iraq_billions200710

Small potatoes compared to the bailouts. Just intredasting.

 

[mpbiz]

Moreover, the company that was hired to keep tabs on the outflow of money existed mainly on paper. Based in a private home in San Diego, it was a shell corporation with no certified public accountants. Its address of record is a post-office box in the Bahamas, where it is legally incorporated. That post-office box has been associated with shadowy offshore activities.

Fucking ridiculous.

 

[Kiopa_Matt]

But U.S. officials often didn't have time or staff to keep strict financial controls. Millions of dollars were stuffed in gunnysacks and hauled on pickups to Iraqi agencies or contractors, officials have testified.

Gotta say, that's quite the mental image. "One million dollar for you, and for you, and for you! One million dollar for everyone!"

 

[Moxie]

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[mpbiz]

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The fact that she sounds as dumb as she does and has so many followers blows my mind.