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For those who believe "the NSA can do ANYTHING" or some such, an article in the New York Times claims the annual black budget now seems to be hovering around $28 Billion per year, for ALL secret government work. All the spy planes, CIA bribes, etc, come out of that pool. Its a lot of money, but not enough to pay for really outlandish things, like disk drives the size of Seattle to store exhaustive listings of all possible DES encryptions. Perry
> For those who believe "the NSA can do ANYTHING" or some such, an > article in the New York Times claims the annual black budget now seems > to be hovering around $28 Billion per year, for ALL secret government > work. Actually, I believe that number was for DOD only.
Paul J. Ste. Marie says: > > For those who believe "the NSA can do ANYTHING" or some such, an > > article in the New York Times claims the annual black budget now seems > > to be hovering around $28 Billion per year, for ALL secret government > > work. > > Actually, I believe that number was for DOD only. That number is ALL black budget items. Its a lot of money, but its very bounded, and very finite. Perry