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74. NSA is listed as a "blacked out program", therefore no factual info is put out.

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 07:58 AM

Aug 2013

However, estimations can be made based upon the entire growth of the entire US surveillance budget. http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/07/news/economy/nsa-surveillance-cost/index.html

http://www.stimson.org/about/news/gordon-adams-is-quoted-on-the-national-security-agency-at-cnnmoneycom-/

http://www.csbaonline.org

http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/who-manages-the-nsa-s-super-secret-budget-20130620

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/

The last article by Dana Priest in 2011 explains the "ballooning" intelligence budget.

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