USA the first time for ten years have revealed their expenses for secret services: in past fiscal year, come to the end on September, 30th, American budget spendings on the special services maintenance have made 43.5 billion dollars. Director of national secret services has planted these data according to the new law.
Last time data about similar spendings were revealed by CIA ten years ago: in 1997 and 1998 the budget of management made 26.6 and 26.7 billion dollars accordingly.
The opened data concern 16 special services, including CIA, the Pentagon, Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of national safety intelligences. At the same time spendings of military intelligence of various arms are not included here.
Special services for a long time opposed promulgations of their cumulative budget, approving, that this can harm interests of national safety. In the next financial year the general budget of special services also will be opened, however, beginning with 2009, the president will have the right to make this information closed if he will convince the Congress that this step represents threat of safety.
I wonder what the threat consist in?!
