Is America's Ft. Knox Full of Fake Gold?

Considering that Ft. Knox stocks gold for not only the USA but also for many countries, international relations could very well be in jeopardy, not to mention many economies. The question of whether officials at Ft. Knox are storing tungsten filled gold bars, so called "salted" gold, which hold a small fraction of the normal cost of the bullion, were recently brought up by an American media company, CNBC, during an interview of Howard Ruff by Joe Herman.

Howard Ruff is a financier investor and advisor who advocates for hard currency, that is, currency backed by valuable commodities, such as gold or silver. He is also an economics writer with many published works, who is an expert on hyperinflationary economics.

Also on another American media company, Fox, the issue was also brought up, in this case, whether there still is gold at Ft. Knox, an institution that has not had an independent audit for 50 years. As the interview states, much of the gold may not be there, or may not even have been there in many years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQgciOPMyMI

While these have been conspiracy theories for many decades, the questions have now gone mainstream. At $16 per kg, and with the exact same density and weight, as gold, tungsten makes for a perfect filler. Simply weighing a gold bar, with cutting it, will not allow for distinction from true bullion.

Such a breach of public and international trust may doom more than just key relationships, but also the international credit rating of the US, which would suddenly find itself in hundreds of billions of dollars of additional debt, while allied governments and economies who relied on that gold would quickly start to fold.

One of the models upon which America hails itself: Athens, had done the exact same thing. After the first Pelopinesian Wars, Athens guarded the island treasury of its alliance of city states. Instead of acting in good faith as guardian, it quietly stole from the vaults and built many great works, such as the Parthenon, with that stolen gold. Of course this drove many of its allies to side with Sparta in the next war.

Again, as stated, the facility of Ft. Knox, has not had an independent audit in over 50 years and as such no one really knows what is or is not there. The US Congress has demanded audits, but just like the Federal Reserve, the Treasury Department has refused to tell the people of America and especially in this case, the World, the truth. Requests by members of the American parliament to physically inspect the facility, have equally been turned down for almost 20 years.

If the members of Congress are not allowed to find out the truth and there is no accountability in the American government, than it is truly time for an international organization, backed by all interested and affected parties, such as the UN or World Bank or IMF to demand a full inquiry and pressure the rogues in the Obama Regime to come true.