Ah, he was supposedly a Somali ambassador? OK, I assumed he was a US ambassador. Still suspicious that he's not findable on the 'Net.

Not sure if the administration is attempting to weaken the dollar right now or not. I know they want to weaken it compared to the Yuan (is that China's currency? Whatever China uses.) to help with the trade imbalance, but they can't do that by weakening the dollar because the Chinese don't let their currency float. They want the Chinese let their currency float.

It's a tricky business: The US wants the world to trust dollars, but a weak dollar helps out helps domestic producers and keeps more jobs in the US, which the administration also wants.

If it were true, it would be all over the mainstream media. Scandals sell newspapers. You also have to ask yourself this: How did the conspiracy sites find out about it? I mean, seriously, try to come up with a believable scenario where ALL the conspiracy sites have a quasi-detailed story, with theoretically verifiable information, but no serious newspapers pick it up. It's just not creditable.

What is possible is a conspiracy site hearing from somebody that there's a plot to assassinate such-and-such, but with no way to confirm the story. Heck, the conspiracy site might actually be right, but a serious newspaper wouldn't pick it up because there would be no way to confirm it. Or, some site might accidentally hear about something first. It's possible. Matt Drudge certainly heard about some things that newspapers didn't want to print right away, because they were just rumor when Drudge posted them. But, when there was confirmation, the papers picked it up.