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1-Old-Man

(2,667 posts) Mon Jun 24, 2013, 09:14 AM Jun 2013

One of life's unanswerable questions, and it should not be this way? [View all]

What is the NSA's budget?

Good luck finding the answer. Let us presume, if nothing else the number is measured in the tens, and more likely in hundreds, of Billions of dollars.

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One of life's unanswerable questions, and it should not be this way? [View all] 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 OP

I think it is part of the CIA, satellite intelligence, and other secret programs. kentuck Jun 2013 #1

8 to 10 Billion a year. Rod Walker Jun 2013 #2

That's only an estimate; their budget is classified magellan Jun 2013 #4

In any case, certainly not the hundreds of billions suggested in the OP. Rod Walker Jun 2013 #5

Falls under JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #3