..... but if the FBI went to all that trouble to comission a survey from Enviroscan, and then carry out an excavation, which was filmed, I don't think it unreasonable that they produce a full report and make all the data public...if they genuinely did not find anything, what's the issue? ....
Pete, welcome to the world of government bureaucracy. And it's not just things like this (supposed-treasure-related). It's Anything that involves paperwork from the govt.
For example: When the govt. goes out to bid on putting a new roof on a DMV building, or pave a parking lot, or buying coffee pots or a toilet seat : The RFP (Requests for Proposals) can be 100 pages long ! I know because I have sometimes bid on govt. jobs for my company. Very onerous. Eg.: Legalese, Insurance spec's, non-discrimination spec's, non-collusion spec's, product spec's, blah blah blah
And now you know why uncle Sam pays $1000 for a toilet seat that you can get at the hardware store for $39. Or to pave a parking lot costs $100K. But if a private office building paved the same size parking lot, it would cost $30k. And be done with nothing but a handshake.
So the onerous amount of hurdles and delays have NOTHING to do with "proof of a treasure". It's just the normal way Uncle Sam works. And no, I do not think this means they are "hiding something". To prove this, try this :
1. Go to ANY institution of your choosing.. Eg.: a bank, a business, a government agency, a military institution, your neighbor's house, a church, OR WHATEVER....
2. Tell them : " I suspect you of foul play, corruption, or a crime."
3. Then tell them : " Therefore I need you to open up your records, un-redacted employee/personnel files, bank records, all your picture SD card files, let me snoop through your file cabinets, etc...."
4. What do you think your neighbor, the business, the bank, the govt office, etc..... is going to say to your demand ? They're gonna tell you to "bug off ". Right ? Try this at Area 51, or any military base and see what happens.
5. Ok then, by your standards then, they HAVE to be guilty of whatever your accusation is. Because.... gee.... otherwise they would give you carte-blanche to everything you demand. Ie.: Therefore they MUST be hiding something. Eh ?
6. Can I try this out on you and your household (or business or place of employment) ? Can I give you a list of things from your desk and computer and file cabinets that I want ?
7. And if I did this at your house, wouldn't you & your wife or your employer tell me to bug-off ?
....but by being less than fully transparent, the FBI are only fueling the conspiracy theories....
Pete, I guarantee you that if the govt. did EVERYTHING that Dennis is demanding, and it showed "no treasure" that it would not stop Dennis from screaming "Treasure". Because it's like asking a bank robber "Did you rob a bank ?" OF COURSE the bank-robber is going to say "no". Therefore we can't trust anything the govt. hands over to Dennis.
Because here's what Dennis will do next : He'd claim it was doctored, whitewashed, scrubbed, etc..... In fact, he's already resorting to this fall-back position. I predicted it ahead of time on David's thread (you can see from the time-line). And it's already coming true.