$52 billion Black Budget

[Smartmarzipan]

Unprecedented 'black budget' leak reveals the scope of $52 billion US spy complex
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/29/46724 ... nce-budget

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has leaked documents that map out a $52.6 billion budget for the NSA, CIA, and other security agencies in unprecedented detail. The Washington Post, which reviewed the documents, describes a detailed list of objectives, failures, technologies, recruiting, and other information; the apparently 178-page summary itself has not been published.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

So our government ought not know what 'evil doers' are up to? That's the disconnect. We all want security, but not allow the NSA, CIA, eyc., to do what spys do.

[Solitary]

Considering 911 they need all the help they can get.  :shock:    Solitary

[Colanth]

All the money they were spending on spying didn't help one bit on 9-11, did it?  Can we, the American people, ask for a refund?

[stromboli]

I'm surprised anyone is surprised. "Black budget" can fund anything from monitoring our every day communications to clandestine strikes to whatever. It's going on all the time, we just haven't seen the price tag before.

[Agramon]

Well it's good to see the government allocate money for black issues.

[stromboli]

Well it's good to see the government allocate money for black issues.

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