White House loot may be in shipwreck

Halifax Herald ^ | 11/17/05 | Halifax Herald

[Professional Engineer]

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[Sacajaweau]

"Rosebud"

[glorgau]

It was seized in war. It's no longer U.S. property. Seizing it back would be an act of war once again.

[RushLake]

"I would militarize the site, and make sure we get everything."

Yeah, something like an armed trawler with a couple of swabbies with M16s should keep the canadian military at bay.

[Lady Jag]

Boy, those Clintons are clever!

[lexington minuteman 1775]

The Smithsonian ought to get whatever it is.

[SunkenCiv]

Wow! Thanks Waggs!

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[henderson field]

Yes, when I first read the headline, I thought of the plunder that the Clintons and their acolytes stole from the White House.

[nonliberal]

Be on the lookout for Hillary Clinton to take diving lessons.

From Ted Kennedy?

[Rodney King]

What I wan to know is why these shipwreck divers dont just take the stuff and then sell it at auction without saying where they got it.

They had to have known that various governments would try to take it from them.

[Paleo Conservative]

Texas Eagle:
Be on the lookout for Hillary Clinton to take diving lessons.

nonliberal:
From Ted Kennedy?

No, Rosie O'Donnel.

[Paleo Conservative]

Here's a new article. I'm posting a link in this old thread.

White House loot anchors fight over sunken bounty [War of 1812]
The Hamilton Spectator ^ | 22. September 2006 | Alison Auld

Posted on 09/22/2006 7:15:39 PM CDT by 1rudeboy

[xenophiles]

What I wan to know is why these shipwreck divers dont just take the stuff and then sell it at auction without saying where they got it.

1) Everyone would ask where they got it. Identifiable 18th century White House effects and British cannon don't just turn up.
2) It would almost certainly be illegal. Even if they could manage it, they would create a beautiful paper trail and leave damning evidence in the hands of proud collectors eager to show it to experts.
3) Without their history these artifacts would lose much of their value.
4) Clandestine looting of historical wrecks is frowned upon by responsible divers.

Personally I think that if I had obtained a license to hunt for treasure, then found some, and then the British authorities had claimed it, I'd row it back out and chuck it overboard in the vicinity of their sovereign wreck.

[NonValueAdded]

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[ozzymandus]

Really cool that the ships the limeys were using to transport their stolen loot sank!

[Paleo Conservative]

2) It would almost certainly be illegal. Even if they could manage it, they would create a beautiful paper trail and leave damning evidence in the hands of proud collectors eager to show it to experts.

In post #7 of thread that linked to this one Arkinsaw said that the Treaty of Ghent required return of all property seized by the British government.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! Pharmboy, Indcons, pingworthy link in Paleo Conservative message 32?

[Professional Engineer]

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