{"id":10343,"date":"2012-01-13T02:00:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T02:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=10343"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:30:33","slug":"cia-other-spy-agencies-spent-54-6-billion-in-secret-for-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2012\/01\/cia-other-spy-agencies-spent-54-6-billion-in-secret-for-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA, Other Spy Agencies Spent $54.6 Billion In Secret For 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/r-clapper-large570.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10344\" title=\"r-CLAPPER-large570\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/r-clapper-large570.jpg?resize=490%2C204\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">WASHINGTON &#8212; Congress appropriated a whopping $54.6 billion for classified intelligence operations in 2011, an increase over the previous two years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Director of National Intelligence James Clapper &#8212; whose office was created after the 9\/11 attacks to oversee the government&#8217;s 16 intelligence agencies &#8212; made the disclosure in a dry news release Friday. The top line number represents the aggregate amount of money lawmakers doled out for the National Intelligence Program&#8217;s black budget last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&#8220;Any and all subsidiary information concerning the NIP budget, whether the information concerns particular intelligence agencies or particular intelligence programs, will not be disclosed,&#8221; Clapper said, adding, &#8220;such disclosures could harm national security.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Congress appropriated $53.1 billion in 2010 to secret intelligence operations. That was a steep increase from 2009, when the intelligence community got $49.8 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The Obama administration has<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/omb\/factsheet_department_intelligence\/\">requested<\/a> <span style=\"color:#000000;\">$55 billion for civilian intelligence in the 2012 budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">But that doesn&#8217;t encompass all the spying carried out by the federal government. The Pentagon also spends billions on intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">In fiscal year 2010 &#8212; the first year the government released spending numbers &#8212; civilian and military intelligence cost a<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/10\/28\/AR2010102807237.html\">record $80.1 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/10\/28\/cia-other-spy-agencies-spend-546-billion-in-2011_n_1063660.html\">Fuente<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8212; Congress appropriated a whopping $54.6 billion for classified intelligence operations in 2011, an increase over the previous two years. 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