What are they hiding? To whom did this money go? We will likely never know, because the people who would hold the State Department accountable are just as corrupt as the State Department, and on the same side.
“White House Won’t Say How It Spent $1 Billion in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, November 11, 2022:
The State Department says it will not comply with a government watchdog’s investigation into how more than $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer funds was spent in Afghanistan since the Taliban terror group retook control of the country.
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a government watchdog established in 2008 to perform oversight on America’s $146 billion reconstruction project in the war-torn country, announced that for the first time in its history, the State and Treasury Departments will not comply with its investigations.
“SIGAR, for the first time in its history, is unable this quarter to provide Congress and the American people with a full accounting of this U.S. government spending due to the non-cooperation of U.S. agencies,” the watchdog disclosed in its latest report to Congress. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which allocates American aid, “and the Treasury Department refused to cooperate with SIGAR in any capacity, while the State Department was selective in the information it provided pursuant to SIGAR’s audit and quarterly data requests.”
SIGAR says the Biden administration’s refusal to cooperate with its investigation into the allocation of $1.1 billion in taxpayer funds since the Taliban regained power constitutes a “direct violation” of the watchdog group’s congressional mandate. The administration also is withholding evidence related to the collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan government, as well as information about whether the State Department is complying with laws prohibiting the transfer of American funds to the Taliban. “No federal agency has challenged SIGAR’s authority to conduct oversight of such programs until now,” the watchdog agency said….
Fitna says
I’m guessing it went to the Taliban or to companies that are fleecing the taxpayers. Whatever it is, it’s illegal which is why they’re staying tight-lipped about it. Heads need to roll in the US gov’t the corruption is very deep and it’s the ordinary citizens that are being forced to pay for it.
Wellington says
Fitting though, Fitna, since the entire bogus Biden Administration has engaged in one illegality after another, including not enforcing laws about border security, selectively applying the law whereby USC 18, Section 1507 which makes it illegal to protest outside of a federal judge’s home is ignored by Biden’s malevolent Attorney General, Merrick Garland, but Trump’s former trade adviser, Peter Navarro, who ignored a Congressional subpoena is literally put in chains at an airport—complete overkill as was the raid on Trump’s home in Florida on August 8th—even though various Obama personnel who ignored subpoenas, for instance Obama’s own Attorney General, Eric Holder, had nothing happen to them.
There is much illegality going on under the woeful, mean, corrupt, destructive and dismal Biden (under Obama too) and no heads will roll because the present Democratic Party has become a thug party, with no respect for the law, including electoral integrity, and NOTHING is going be done about this. America is in new and awful territory. We now have a major political party which is making a mockery of the Constitution and engages in classic projection time and time again by accusing its adversaries of doing exactly what it is doing. Rather the way Islam operates.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Your post is – very tragically – true.
And the United States will continue on its death spiral if we do not regain the House.
Fitna says
Thanks Wellington and good analysis. It’s an ugly situation and the Republicans aren’t doing much about it either.
gravenimage says
+1
milo minderbinder says
Fitna says
Nov 13, 2022 at 4:08 pm
Heads need to roll in the US gov’t the corruption is very deep and it’s the ordinary citizens that are being forced to pay for it.
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The only heads that will roll, will be those who do not embrace the transformation of the United States of America into the collective, the “New World Order.”
The “global elite” have systematically infiltrated every institution in this country and across the globe. They, the “global elite” have their change agents in place and, we are witnessing the results of their efforts.
The 2022 midterms have turned out to be a disaster, except for those who have been deceived by the “main stream media” this corrupt administration and the cabal that controls the cesspool that is called Washington, D.C.
The “power elite” have once again, succeeded in stealing another election. It appears that the Democrats will continue to control the government… the Senate, the House, (there are 24* seats yet to be decided, Alaska – 1, California – 16, Arizona – 1, Maine – 3, New York -2, Oregon – 1) and the White House.
*Source: https://www.270towin.com/
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”
Charles Dickens – Tale of Two Cities
“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous, they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.”
– Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Fitna says
Well said Milo, good quotes.
milo minderbinder says
Fitna,
Thank you.
Sadly, more bad news.
IMPOSSIBLE: Despite Only 17% Democrat Turnout on Election Day – Katie Hobbs and Democrats Are Winning Over 50% of Maricopa County Election Day Totals
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/impossible-maricopa-officials-now-report-democrats-independents-voted-katie-hobbs-election-day/
Bahamas Police and Bahamas Securities Commission Looking into FTX Activities for Wrongdoing – Will They Find 10% to the Big Guy – Joe Biden?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/bahamas-police-bahamas-securities-commission-looking-ftx-activities-wrongdoing-will-find-10-big-guy-joe-biden/
NoBurkas says
The draining of the swamp isn’t complete!
Australia is watching.
Keep your eyes open to keep your head on and practise situational awareness.
Walter Sieruk says
The Taliban took over Afghanistan because of Joe Biden. Therefore that $1,100,000,00. of the American taxpayers money now lost in that land , since Biden gave it away to the Taliban, is also because of treacherous destructive terrible treasonous old Joe.
Mark Spahn says
“The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a government watchdog established in 2008 to perform oversight on America’s $146 billion reconstruction project in [Afghanistan]”
When in 2008 the Congress passed the law establishing SIGAR, did they forget to include penal provisions for failure (by whom?) to provide the relevant information? If there were no such provisions, why?
gravenimage says
State Department stonewalls investigation into how it spent $1,100,000,000 in Afghanistan since Taliban took over
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Utter madness. The only place this money could have gone is to the Taliban–ether directly or ultimately.
VictorMc says
As you so rightly say ” we will never know” The country is run by criminals (of all Parties)
It’s simply the way of the greasy pole and the world as we know it. We have all created this world over history and must learn to live with it. (there is nothing new here)
Alkflaeda says
One word. Jizya.