Where'd the Missing Trillions Go?

"At my request several years ago the Department of Defense issued a report detailing the breadth of fraud that exists within the Pentagon--the simple issue of massive fraud. The report showed that the Pentagon paid over $573 billion during the past 10 years to more than 300 contractors involved in civil fraud cases that resulted in judgments of more than $1 million--$398 billion of which was awarded after settlement or judgment for fraud. When awards to parent companies are counted, the Pentagon paid more than $1.1 trillion during the past 10 years just to the 37 top companies engaged in fraud. The bottom line is that almost every major defense contractor in this country has in one way or another been involved in fraudulent dealings with the taxpayers of this country and the Department of Defense." (source: http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2013/december/21/sen-bernie-sanders-exposes-bloated-military-and-intelligence-spending.aspx)


Donald Rumsfeld testifying day before 9/11 about missing trillions from Pentagon, next day the very records dept. responsible for holding info about it goes kablooie, funny how things like that seem to happen a lot to people and places when they bring it up: