PART I: WHERE IT SPENDING IS GOING

In the classic film All the President's Men (about the Watergate break-in), Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, playing Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, respectively, receive a recurring piece of advice from the unknown informant Deep Throat: "Follow the money." Over and over, Deep Throat cautions the young reporters to "follow the money" and that if they do, all their questions will be answered. It turns out to be good advice.