Semantics: Fact checkers stating that it's false, concerning that the State Department didn't lose $6 billion, because, what actually occured, they had misplaced the paperwork to back it up.
So, lost paperwork or lost money? It's all paper. Six of one, half a dozen of another.
In the real world, if I had "lost" $6 billion, due to "missing" paperwork, I would have to find the paperwork or I would be in jail for embezzlement. In the real world, any individual or business would be denied tax write offs, if there wasn't proper paperwork.
Obviously, the government world works differently. In fact, couldn't the government also falsify paperwork and get away with that too? How would we know if they "produced," in any manner, paperwork, in order to cover their behinds? Do they have fact checkers? Can we believe everything we read and hear from our goverment?
Besides, their reputation for insane contract spending is a matter of record. Well, civilian records, because the government tends to, obviously, lose theirs. But, let's be good little boys and girls. Let's believe we're in good hands. Let's smoke that dope or drink that kool-aid. Let's be useful idiots. After all, what's a billion here or there anyway? It's only money. Our money! Our nearly $20 trillion national debt money!
Quote: "The $6 billion figure comes from a State Department inspector general report that found paperwork for various contracts had been mismanaged. The $6 billion was not missing or stolen — it had been doled out in a number of contracts — but the paperwork was missing." - Politifacts
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