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CONGRESS ADDS $1.5 BILLION FOR INTELLIGENCE
The 2002 supplemental appropriations bill that is now working its way
through Congress includes $1.5 billion for intelligence and
intelligence-related activities, according to an unscripted disclosure
on the House floor yesterday.
"With the $1.5 billion included in the supplemental, intelligence
funding has increased to record levels since September 11," said Rep.
Pete Sessions (R-TX) on May 22. See:
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2002_cr/h052202.html
This would be fairly unremarkable except for the fact that official
mention of intelligence budget figures is considered strictly verboten
in the intelligence community.
The Central Intelligence Agency, which will apparently say just about
anything, even contends that disclosure of half century-old budget
totals from 1947 and 1948 would damage national security and jeopardize
intelligence sources and methods! This remarkable claim is the subject
of pending litigation against the Agency.
The intelligence budget totals for 1997 and 1998 were officially
declassified several years ago in response to a lawsuit brought by FAS
and the Center for National Security Studies. But the CIA recently
denied a request for declassification of the 2002 intelligence budget
total. This denial will be challenged in federal court later this
summer.
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