$52.6 billion was set aside for [spy] operations in fiscal year 2013

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Published August 29, 2013 20:41
Edited August 30, 2013 18:14

The headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (AFP Photo / Brendan Smialowski)

The headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (AFP Photo / Brendan Smialowski)
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Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has leaked a new top-secret document that for the first time ever publically discloses how the United States spends tens of billions of dollars annually on clandestine spy programs.

The Washington Post revealed the so-called “black budget” on Thursday and reports that $52.6 billion was set aside for operations in fiscal year 2013.
Among the biggest priorities for the intelligence community, the Post reported, are “offensive cyber operations” and research devoted to decoding encrypted communications.
The Post’s Barton Gellman, Greg Miller and Julie Tate wrote Thursday that Mr. Snowden, the 30-year-old former Booz Allen Hamilton staffer who started leaking classified national security documents earlier this year, provided the paper with the never-before published summary of this year’s budget.
But although the Post reported that the document is 178 pages in length, they have at the same time elected to only make available one-tenth of the content, citing “concerns about the risk to intelligence sources and methods” brought up by US officials who were notified ahead of publication.
FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification, provided by Washington Post 

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