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20. Precisely...............nt

Reply to DJ13 (Reply #10)

Thu Aug 29, 2013, 04:32 PM

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Latest Snowden Leaks Detail The 'Black Budget' And How Much The Gov't Wastes On Useless Surveillance [View all] dkf Aug 2013 OP

I've been saying for weeks that the only defense against the Intelligence community is their budget 1-Old-Man Aug 2013 #1

You don't seem to understand where the funding comes from... nebenaube Aug 2013 #3

Having paid for it for half a century I'm pretty sure I know where the money comes from 1-Old-Man Aug 2013 #5

That too... nebenaube Aug 2013 #9

And its the reason the US wont eradicate the Poppies in Afghanistan DJ13 Aug 2013 #10

Precisely...............nt Enthusiast Aug 2013 #20

and I suspect many in Congress would like to cut it, but won't LiberalEsto Aug 2013 #26

Wasting untold mucho billions of dollars on useless surveillance is good for America since this indepat Aug 2013 #2

If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ... Scuba Aug 2013 #4

+1 leftstreet Aug 2013 #15

They are protecting the interests Enthusiast Aug 2013 #21

*** k & r! n/t wildbilln864 Aug 2013 #6

But keep on cutting Headstart libodem Aug 2013 #7

...... so we can listen to the starving kids talk to hungry grandma. DJ13 Aug 2013 #12

Yep libodem Aug 2013 #19

Tip of the Iceberg. bvar22 Aug 2013 #8

Actually, this doesn't further Snowden's leftynyc Aug 2013 #11

78 billion bucks a year? questionseverything Aug 2013 #14

It allows each of us to ask our member of Congress why we are spending so much on intelligence JDPriestly Aug 2013 #16

Spending that much is unethical...............nt Enthusiast Aug 2013 #22

Oh Come On.... the "Old News" dodge was thoroughly debunked.. bvar22 Aug 2013 #31

So, let's cut the intelligence budget. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #13

It's not wasted. Geesh! Octafish Aug 2013 #17

Obviously this does not include the Homeland Security Department... kentuck Aug 2013 #18

None of it. If they publish a budget number BlueStreak Aug 2013 #29

And does this include the NRO and satellite programs? kentuck Aug 2013 #32

I have no idea BlueStreak Aug 2013 #37

No way it is nearly that low BlueStreak Aug 2013 #23

So now we've got to worry about the militarization of the CIA starroute Aug 2013 #24

drip,,, drip drip,,,,,,,,,,,! nt Cryptoad Aug 2013 #25

K&R n/t Joe Shlabotnik Aug 2013 #27

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #28

There's a near perfect inverse relationship between Black Budget spending and national security. leveymg Aug 2013 #30

HUGE K & R! avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #33

A quote from the same Wash Post article: DontTreadOnMe Aug 2013 #34

Did you read the companion article--that the telecommunications companies marions ghost Aug 2013 #38

Sounds like about $200 per man, woman and child in the U.S. Flying Squirrel Aug 2013 #35

Oh yeah. Well, Putin doesn't wear a shirt all the time. Jakes Progress Aug 2013 #36

The Coverage in WAPO: marions ghost Aug 2013 #39