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In reply to the discussion: Fucking Welfare Queens [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)From what I have been told, the budget of the CIA and NSA are included in the Defense budget, but is hidden in the form of padding certain items. For example the Army may be budgeted for 10,000 new rifles, but only really buys 8000, the money for the other 2000 rifles is money for the "Black Budget". Ships, Planes are believed to be the main way the budget is hidden, i.e 10 planes but only 8 are purchased. More likely it is something like 10 planes are set to be rebuilt, but instead none are, the money is part of the "Black Budget". Congress knows of the slight of hand and approves the "Black Budget" in a secret session including the changes in the Defense Budget to reflect the "Black Budget" but the total is included in the Defense Budget (Through could be in other parts of the Budget, we are talking about something that is classified and thus no way to know unless you have the needed secret classification, something I do not have and the people who do will not comment).