by the way NSA...
John Young
jya at pipeline.com
Fri Jul 22 14:28:00 PDT 1994
This amplifies Perry's post on the annual intelligence black
budget of $28 billion.
NY Times, November 25, 1993:
. . . the black budget is estimated to be nearly $28 billion
this year. The money is hidden under falsified line items in
the Pentagon's budget.
The secret budget finances the National Security Agency, which
conducts electronic eavesdropping; the National Reconnaissance
Office, which builds spy satellites; the Central Intelligence
Agency, and a host of military intelligence activities.
. . . the CIA spends less than 15 per cent of the total
espionage budget. Pentagon agencies spend almost all the rest.
At the CIA, Mr. Woolsey voiced doubts about disclosing the sum,
saying it would lead to a debate over its constituent elements.
End quotes.
And there is more than this budget covers. For all kinds of
intelligence costs (and crypto business opportunities) see
Jeffrey T. Richelson's The US Intelligence Community, 1989,
ISBN 0-88730-226-2.
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