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NSA Spying Program Cost?

Does anyone know how much the spying programs the NSA use cost? I need a reference as well.

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  • 8 years ago
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    The NSA is one of at least 15 intelligence agencies, and combined the total U.S. intelligence budget in 2012 was $75 billion. The NSA is listed as "black" however, which means classified and we cannot see what their annual budget is.

    Steve Aftergood, director of the government secrecy program at the Federation of American Scientists estimates about 14% of the country's total intelligence budget -- or about $10 billion -- goes to the NSA. That includes everything the NSA does, however, not just surveillance.

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