Just ask Catherine Austin Fitts, she got audited by Rossetti. She was in charge of the HUD program and tried proving the government waste at HUD cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

Oh, she says this as well:
"I find that if I watch what happens over a period of time and collect up the many possible answers to that question ---whether it is who makes money, who loses money, who gains in power and prestige, and who loses power and prestige, over time, I can learn a great deal about who's responsible and what their goals are.

Part of asking "cui bono" is to understand the power of distraction.

While the country invested a tremendous amount of interest in Monica Lewinsky and then a Presidential election, as much as $3 trillion went unaccounted for and/or missing from federal agencies without notice.

The IOUs for that missing money were expected to come due this fall along with various crises in the gold, derivatives, and stock markets.

One symptom was the quiet logjam on the defense budget until last week.

Anytime you are tempted to say "But so-and-so would never do that," or "But so-and-so would never exploit something like this in such a way," I would encourage you to reconsider and reach out for the hard data.

A review of the statistics on who makes how much money in arms trafficking, narcotics trafficking, warfare and other forms of organized crime indicate that governments, banks and legal and illegal corporations and their investors worldwide consider these to be excellent businesses.

History has shown that powerful but historically invisible wealth has a pattern of financing and ultimately manipulating all sides in a conflict. "