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2024-03-12 19:37:05 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F65708B3B867CFC9341AB6C7AE3143719F10DB9D643BE531428457CDDD2269E0
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This claim misrepresents remarks about $2.3 trillion in accounting entries that officials at the time said were insufficiently documented because of outdated technology. The entries were made during fiscal year 1999 and detailed in an early 2000 report. https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-us-government-trillions-lost-sept-11-670264168912 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/29/instagram-posts/pentagon-did-not-report-trillions-of-dollars-missi/ https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2022/09/fact-check-donald-rumsfeld-did-not-report-that-2-point-3-trillion-dollars-vanished-day-before-9-11-attacks.html https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-rumsfeld-says-2-3-trillion-missing-from-the-pentagon.165/
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