9/10/2001: Rumsfeld says $2.3 TRILLION Missing from Pentagon
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Short clip of Donald Rumsfeld's 9/10/2001 speech acknowledging that $2.3 trillion in Pentagon transactions could not be tracked.
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Cites briantakita · 2019-09 · on “The Internet Archive is waging war on misinformation”
9/10/2001: Donald Rumsfeld admitting that $2.3 trillion was unaccounted for from the Defense budget. Backpage story for sure. [this video]
Cites patrickk · 2021-06 · on “Conspiracy: In Theory and Practice”
Another strange one is the speech than Rumsfeld gave about missing trillions at the Pentagon 1 day before 9/11, then completely forgotten in the face of increased military spending the next day. [LINK] [this video]
Cites pazimzadeh · 2022-10 · on “Celsius Execs Cashed Out $40M in Crypto Before Halting Withdrawals for Customers”
Huh? If that was true then it would be services like AAVE or Uniswap which would be bankrupt, not the centralized finance Celsius. The idea that the traditional legal system prevents funny business with money is naive. 9/10/2001: Rumsfeld says $2.3 TRILLION Missing from Pentagon [this video] The Pentagon’s $35 Trillion Accounting Black Hole [LINK] [LINK] Pentagon's Defense Logistics Agency loses track of $800m [LINK]