http://moneymorning.com/2015/05/12/is-there-gold-at-fort-knox/
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order in 1933 that outlawed the private ownership of gold coins, gold bullion, and gold certificates, the Federal Reserve suddenly had more gold on its hands than it knew what to do with.
Thus, the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky, was born.
These days, the depository is the focus of much conspiratorial debate. Some people suspect that it may now be empty. After all, Fort Knox hasn't been officially inspected since Sept. 23, 1974.
And even then, the "inspectors" (members of the press, actually) were only taken to the anteroom in order to photograph a handful of gold bars.
Ever since, admission to the Fort's supposed gold deposits has been repeatedly denied.
So, is there gold at Fort Knox? Or is it all gone – lent, sent, and spent across the globe?
Here's what we do know about the gold "in" Fort Knox…