Speaking of Lies and the FBI.
1/2 Billion in Civil War Gold.
FBI records on search for fabled Civil War-era gold in rural Western Pa. raise more questions.
The government has long claimed its dig was a bust. But a father-son pair of treasure hunters who spent years hunting for the fabled Civil War-era gold — and who led agents to the woodland site, hoping for a finder’s fee — suspect the FBI double-crossed them and made off with a cache that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Residents have previously told of hearing a backhoe and jackhammer overnight between the first and second days of the dig — when the work was supposed to have been paused — and seeing a convoy of FBI vehicles, including large armored trucks.
The FBI denied any work took place at the site after hours, saying the “only nighttime activity was ATV patrols by FBI Police personnel, who secured the site around the clock for the duration of the excavation.”
Anne Weismann, a lawyer for Finders Keepers, cast doubt on the FBI report’s credibility. She cited its brevity, as well as its timing: It was written after Finders Keepers began pressing the government for records.
“It does not read like one would expect,” said Ms. Weismann, a former Justice Department lawyer. “If that is the official record in the file of what they did and why they did it, it says almost nothing, and it’s crazy.”
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2022/05/29/civil-war-gold-buried-in-pa-dents-run-fbi-records-analysis-buried-treasure-elk-county-union-us-mint-finders-keepers/stories/202205290191