Speaking of slush funds and Saudi Arabia ...

I read an article several years ago, written by someone who seemed to know a lot about the subject.

He claimed that the Petrodollar was created to keep the US dollar strong after Nixon violated the Constitution by taking the dollar off the gold standard.

The criminals set up a situation where Saudi Arabia would agree to use the US dollar for all oil sales, and in return the US military would defend the Saudi oil fields. Part of the deal also included that Saudi Arabia would use its oil profits to invest in US treasury bonds, which would be managed in such a way that excess income from those investments would create a slush fund, which could be used by CIA black operations -- off budget, and unknown to Congress.

If so, it explains a lot.