alt Hacker News> is the only gvt org that self funds itself & can run entirely without gvt money
Citation needed.
The CIA receives lots of opaque funding from the US government (at least opaque to citizens trying to FOIA), but just because it’s not easily accounted for doesn’t mean the org funds itself.
that's the point. you can't prove it. I can't prove it.
however - with a little common sense you can link everything together.
CIA has mandate to operate abroad. they can own mines, journalism houses, drug operations - abroad & in the U.S. technically the CIA is not allowed by law to operate in the US (but bcoz they're too powerful - they now have a free pass in that area)
remember they can also self-classify material. which means what they own will always remain opaque till they choose to declassify it usually after 70 or so years.
>> now back to the gold. remember they're restrictions around gold citizens can hold etc. & suddenly a private citizen has massive gold bars ? how so ? unless they were holding the gold for a powerful entity (but discovered by some gvt agency & now they need a fall guy) ?