2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumLawmakers want to see the ‘black budget’
Dozens of House lawmakers want the Obama administration to release the secret black budget used to fund intelligence agencies.
A bipartisan group of 62 members of Congress wrote President Obama a letter on Wednesday asking him to release the fiscal 2015 spending levels for 16 federal spy agencies when he delivers the rest of his budget to Congress on March 4.
The current practice of providing no specificity whatsoever regarding the overall budget requests for each intelligence agency falls woefully short of basic accountability requirements, the legislators wrote.
As you develop your fiscal year 2015 budget, we strongly urge you to take a simple step toward much needed transparency by including the total amount requested for each of the sixteen intelligence agencies. We believe the top line number for each agency should be made public, with no risk to national security, for comparative purposes across all federal government agencies.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/198242-62-members-want-to-see-black-budget
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)That is a lot of agencies, but very little intelligence. (I am aware that when using the word intelligence, when referring to an agency, has a different meaning).
There is little intelligence and zero common sense coming from our politicians.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Jumbo shrimp. Guest host.
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)I agree with him.
He is sorely missed.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Don't know if George said that one, so I just tossed it out there.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I don't know if he said that one, either, but it's another one!