Nation's Spies Got $43.5 Billion in 2007, Gov Says

The nation's spy bureaucracies, including the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, received $43.5 billion in taxpayer money in 2007, the Director of National Intelligence reluctantly announced Tuesday. The nation's top spies have argued for years that publishing even top-level budget figures would cause grave danger to the United States, but Congress required the release in the first bill it took up in 2007, which focused on implementing leftover recommendations from the 9/11 commission. Full story...

Posted by Editor at October 31, 2007 03:15 PM