U.S. spends billions on intelligence in past year
The United States spent over 54 billion dollars on intelligence programs during the past year, the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) said Friday. The figure reaches 78.6 billion when combined with military intelligence spending.
The DNI said in a statement that during fiscal year 2011, which ended on Sept. 30, the aggregate amount appropriated to National Intelligence Programs was 54.6 billion dollars, about 1.5 billion more than the previous fiscal year. No other details were disclosed.
The figure doesn't include military intelligence spending, which the Defense Department earlier in the day said to be 24 billion dollars for the past year. Like the DNI disclosure, details of Military Intelligence Program appropriation were classified.
In fiscal year 2010, the United States' combined intelligence spending was about 80.1 billion dollars, with 53.1 billion for National Intelligence Program, and 27 billion on military programs.
Editor: Mu Xuequan
English.news.cn 2011-10-29 04:01:52 FeedbackPrintRSS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua)
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