Massive US Intel Cost Revealed: $80 Billion for 2010
US Offers First Full Disclosure of Spying
Costs Ever
by Jason Ditz, October 28, 2010
Following pledges from Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
the US government has release its first ever figures detailing the entire
cost of all American spying operations across its 17 civilian spy
agencies and military intelligence organizations.
The result was largely in keeping with previous DNI Dennis Blair’s
estimate in Congressional testimony that the total cost for 2009 was $75
billion.
The official figures for the entire 2010 cost is $80 billion, with $27
billion in military budgets and $53 billion spread around the CIA and
other groups.
This is presumably a record, though it is
impossible to
conclusively say as the US has never before released actual figures on
its spending. The massive amount has sparked calls to reduce the
overall spying budget, particularly given the budget crunch with record
military spending.
But while most domestic outlets compared to cost and noted it was higher
than what the US spends on other programs, perhaps even more interesting
is that the US spends more just on spying than Russia spends on its
entire military.
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/10/28/massive-us-intel-cost-unveiled-80-billion-for-2010/
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