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Also the pentagon has a sizable black budget that can't reasonably be audited. Now you may not agree with such a budget but goddamn does some cool shit come out of it.
Yes, the DOD has a purposefully created black hole for money specifically to keep records of intelligence operations, special operations, and tech/strategical development at a minimum. Everyone in the government with any influence over the DOD knows this. So the shocked pikachu faces when it turns out they can't be audited are clearly fake.
Not saying I agree with this corruption, just that anyone in the federal government acting concerned, or outraged, knew this going in, so this isn't a surprise. Though I would not be surprised if a few congresspeople were just that stupid...
The Pentagon's accounting challenges, including $35 trillion in adjustments and systemic oversight issues, are largely due to complex and inefficient financial management systems, not directly linked to black ops or secret operations.
These issues stem from repetitive accounting practices and inadequate financial controls within the department.
The audit failures reflect systemic management and reporting problems, rather than deliberate efforts to conceal black ops or secret operation expenditures.
The situation indicates a need for better financial systems and oversight, rather than suggesting a hidden agenda related to secretive military activities. Why?
The Pentagon made $35 trillion in “accounting adjustments” in 2019. These adjustments involve a lot of double, triple, and even quadruple counting of the same money as it got moved between accounts within the Pentagon.
This vast number dwarfs the defense-related funding in the U.S. budget and underscores the difficulty the Defense Department faces in balancing its books.
These adjustments highlight the persistent lack of internal financial controls at the Pentagon, making it extremely difficult to account properly for spending in the largest government budget. Link
I am not sure, but you may have misunderstood my point. The DOD has a measure, intentionally put in place, to obfuscate the use of funds. If it has a program to do this intentionally, of course it's going to have a problem with unintentional accounting issues, incompetence, lack of cohesive regulation, graft, etc. going on. What I am saying is that something with an intentional structure for black spending goes hand in hand with general bad accounting practices. Especially something as segmented as the DOD. The structure it's self implies incompetence and intent.