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Spy budgets soared in Trump's first year
Washington Examiner ^ | Oct. 30, 2018

Posted on 10/30/2018 1:52:17 PM PDT by deplorableindc

Congress secretly boosted U.S. spy agency funding last year, pushing intelligence budgets to their highest publicly known level and raising questions about the reason for the surge.

Non-military spy agency budgets soared nearly 9 percent to $59.4 billion in fiscal 2018, and military intelligence funding grew more than 20 percent to $22.1 billion.

Overall intelligence spending increased more than 10 percent to $81.5 billion, according to the figures released Tuesday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Defense Department, a month after the fiscal year ended.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cia; espionage; federalspending; nsa; surveillance; trumpbudget

1 posted on 10/30/2018 1:52:17 PM PDT by deplorableindc
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To: deplorableindc

Someone said there were undercovers working in some states. Would it be needed for this hmmmm

Anyway, sounds good to me


2 posted on 10/30/2018 2:00:42 PM PDT by PraiseTheLord ( .Q.)
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To: deplorableindc

How much of this is being used to spy on conservatives?


3 posted on 10/30/2018 2:02:22 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: deplorableindc

Not to mention all that Black Money generated by their many front businesses and other off-the-books enterprises.


4 posted on 10/30/2018 2:02:47 PM PDT by Lexington Green (Sun Tzu Trumps Saul Alinsky)
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To: deplorableindc

Boot on the ground are better than drones in the sky when it comes to gathering intel.


5 posted on 10/30/2018 2:07:05 PM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: deplorableindc

Collecting evidence against Barry, Hillary, John, James, etc.


6 posted on 10/30/2018 2:10:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
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To: deplorableindc

Why don’t we use a little of it to disrupt the invader columns?


7 posted on 10/30/2018 2:43:07 PM PDT by Truth29
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