Digital Media Center
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Gate 61
920 Paul Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0370
(800) 654-4262

© 2024 Alabama Public Radio
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Secret U.S. Spy Budget Revealed

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:

NPR's business news starts a black budget illuminated.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

WERTHEIMER: All that was known about the so-called black budget, detailing funding for U.S. intelligence agencies, was the bottom line - $52.6 billion. That's until yesterday, when The Washington Post published documents said to be Edward Snowden's latest leak. They showed the CIA dominating intelligence dollars, its budget is the biggest at over $14 billion, up from 4.8 the last time the black budget was leaked in 1994. And it now controls 28 percent of intelligence funding, up from 11 percent in 1994. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

News from Alabama Public Radio is a public service in association with the University of Alabama. We depend on your help to keep our programming on the air and online. Please consider supporting the news you rely on with a donation today. Every contribution, no matter the size, propels our vital coverage. Thank you.