Slush Fund

The Pentagon Buys Fuel Cheap, Resells to Its Own Forces, Uses Profit for Operations It Wants to Hide

The Washington Post reports that the Pentagon is recycling a scam from WWII whereby it buys fuel and then resells it to its own armed services at a higher price and uses the profits as a slush fund for questionable purposes. Since 2010, the Pentagon has built up a $6-billion surplus. [...]