Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: FYI > http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/02/pentagons-black-budget/ > > > See for Yourself: The Pentagon’s $51 Billion ‘Black’ Budget >
You fail to understand that every item in that budget, and every dollar in it, is subject to Congressional oversight and review. Some Senators and House Representatives and their staff are authorized to review these things. They may not have time to review every page, but they are authorized to do so. They have security clearances. They sign agreements not to share information, under penalty of the law. However, if a Republican Congressional staffer spotted "1 MW cold fusion reactor costing $1 million" in a secret budget document, within an hour that fact would be trumpeted on every cable news talk show and internet news outlet. They would use it to bludgeon the administration. Fox News would have an orgasm. It would be political gold. Countless "secret" item are leaked to the press every day in Washington. The Washington Post ran a detailed series of articles describing top secret programs in more detail than most Pentagon program managers know, and in more detail than the oversight committee members know. See: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/ Every detail in that report was leaked by people in violation of the law. That never stops them. - Jed
