70% of $80 billion intelligence budget goes to private contractors
Snowden revelations in 2013 exposed that 70% of the $52.6 billion “black budget” went to private contractors. One in four intelligence workers was a contractor, with firms like Booz Allen Hamilton among 1,900 companies supplying tens of thousands of analysts. Post-9/11, intelligence budget grew 250% by 2010. Government officials confirmed in 2008 that 70% of intelligence spending went to private sector.
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Sources (4)
- Leaked Documents Reveal Budget Breakdown Between CIA, NSA (2013-08-29)
- Booz Allen Hamilton: 70% of the U.S. Intelligence Budget Goes to Private Contractors (2013-06-11)
- Black budget summary details U.S. spy network's successes, failures and objectives (2013-08-29)
- Private contractors play key role in U.S. intelligence work (2013-06-10)
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