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Posted on Wed, May. 15, 2002 Congress Wants to Spend More on Spying: Report WASHINGTON - (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is on track to spend much more on intelligence after the Sept. 11 attacks, with funds slated for spies, CIA analysts and developing satellite equipment to detect plants that make chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The Senate intelligence committee approved last week President Bush's request for fiscal 2003, which begins on Oct. 1, that added nearly $35 billion to the budgets of the Pentagon, CIA and other intelligence agencies, the Post said, quoting congressional and administration sources. The intelligence budget is classified. Overall, the additional $35 billion is $2 billion to $3 billion more than the previous year. And it is in addition to the $1 billion that Bush received from Congress after the terror attacks on Washington and New York last year. The intelligence committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has not yet produced its intelligence bill. Under the Senate bill, the National Security Agency, which intercepts electronic communications, would receive $1 billion in extra funds -- one of the largest increases, the Post said. The CIA would get nearly $500 million for spy training and operations, the newspaper said. And the Senate made it a priority to develop and buy satellite and analytical equipment that would detect the development of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. Responsibility for this task falls to the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Intelligence Mapping Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency. A report by the Senate panel suggested that the legal division between foreign and domestic intelligence-sharing and surveillance may get smaller as the CIA and domestic law enforcement seek terrorist networks, the paper said. Other aspects of the bill were designed to make it easier for intelligence agencies to share information and analyzes through the newly formed Terrorist Identification Classification System, which the CIA operates, the Post reported. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
