Classified U.S. Intelligence 'Black Budget' Revealed
Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee who blew the lid off of the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs, has released the U.S. intelligence community’s classified “black budget” for fiscal year 2013. It was published by the Washington Post Thursday.
The 178-budget summary, totaling $52.6 billion, was published as tables and charts due to “sensitive details” in the documents, the Post said. The government had previously released how much it spends every year on intelligence since 2007, but has not made public exactly how those funds are divvied up.