[InterceptPoint]

Hmmmm. Maybe Soros has shorted the dollar and this was going to be the spike he needed to roll up a few more $Billion. Or may I should say a few more Billion Euros.

[silverleaf]

the silence from the US government...is deafening

this was at least as big an attack on the US (via our treasury) as 9-11. The past and present administrations have also been silent over who started and profited from the 18 September 2008 $550 Billon dollar run on cash in our banking system. Congress has been silent. The press has been silent.

[ClearCase_guy]

I've seen a lot of ideas floated on what happened in Italy, who the people were, and what the true nature of the paper is. But I haven't heard any ideas that made any sense at all.

This situation is crazy.

[SpaceBar]

This has been a high speculation to facts ratio story since the day it broke.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

If they actually are real and declared fakes then the US government does not have to pay the debtors.

Only the original buyer can verify their authenticity if questioned. The serial numbers would expose the original buyer.

Either way it goes, declaring them fakes is in the US treasury's best interest.

It would expose the smugglers or devalue the paper without hurting the treasury.

The only negative is if the paper could be proved to be authentic without a doubt.

Big risk for all involved.