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) ?