Busting the Perfect Crime

http://www.silverseek.com/commentary/busting-perfect-crime-11916

GAO Finds Serious Conflicts at the Fed

Conflicts of interest at the Fed?  Surely you jest...

http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=70c40aba-736c-4716-97d1-45f1a1af10a0

David Walker warns of global depression

Watch the accompanying video.

http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/u.s.-standard-of-living-unsustainable-without-drastic-action-former-top-govt.-accountant-says-458329.html?tickers=

Consolidated Financial Statements

Guess which entity had the following "stellar" judgment from its auditor?

Material weaknesses discussed later in our report continued to (1) hamper the federal government’s ability to reliably report a significant portion of its assets, liabilities, costs,and other related information; (2) affect the federal government’s ability to reliably measure the full cost as well as the financial and nonfinancial performance of certain programs and activities; (3) impair the federal government’s ability to adequately safeguard significant assets and properly record various transactions; and (4) hinder the federal government from having reliable financial information to operate in an efficient and effective manner. We found the following:

Certain material weaknesses in financial reporting and other limitations on the scope of our work resulted in conditions that continued to prevent us from expressing an opinion on the accompanying accrual basis consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2008 and 2007.

…The federal government did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (including safeguarding assets) and compliance with significant laws and regulations as of September 30, 2008.

It describes the US government's finances, and the report is given by the Government Accountability Office, who is required to audit financial statements from the US Treasury.

http://www.fms.treas.gov/fr/08frusg/08gao2.pdf