US Intelligence Bill Tops $80 Billion a Year

The annual cost of US intelligence has been made public for the first time and it shows that the overall spending this year has surpassed $80 billion.

Figures released by the government on Thursday demonstrate that $27 billion goes to military intelligence and $53.1 billion covers the CIA and some of the other 16 intelligence agencies, reported AFP.

Official documents have shown that in 2007 spending was $43.5 billion and as such spending on intelligence has almost doubled since then.'

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