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by jonnybgood 808 days ago
For FY 2023, the IC was appropriated $99.1b. By your suggestion, the majority of their budget is off the books, which means that more than $99.1b is off the books. That's a pretty extraordinary claim.
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Have you never heard of Iran-Contra?

The CIA was caught selling weapons to Iran to illegally fund contras and death squads in Latin America.

There's also BCCI, their own international bank to fund who knows what. By going through shell companies and subsidiaries they escape congressional oversight and FOIA requests.

You think it’s extraordinary to suggest that the majority of a secret agency’s budget is… secret?
I don't find it unreasonable.
I don't find it demonstrated, though. Certain people have biases which lead them to find the claim reasonable. Certain others have different biases.

It's really hard to have a meaningful conversation based on that...