The Pentagon Inspector General's audit behind the $2.3 trillion figure. Of $7.6 trillion in accounting entries, $2.3 trillion were unsupported or made to invalid accounts, and the audit trails were not good enough to tell whether they were valid. The IG calls these bookkeeping entries, not cash proven missing; by the same token, nobody could show where the money went.
Of the $7.6 trillion in department-level accounting entries, $3.5 trillion were supported, $2.3 trillion were unsupported or were made to invalid general ledger accounts, and $1.8 trillion were identified but not reviewed.
Report summary
The Pentagon Inspector General's audit behind the $2.3 trillion figure. Of $7.6 trillion in accounting entries, $2.3 trillion were unsupported or made to invalid accounts, and the audit trails were not good enough to tell whether they were valid. The IG calls these bookkeeping entries, not cash proven missing; by the same token, nobody could show where the money went.