{"id":15337,"date":"2013-08-30T11:30:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T16:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/chart-of-the-week-the-black-budget\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:29:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:29:25","slug":"chart-of-the-week-the-black-budget","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/08\/30\/chart-of-the-week-the-black-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Chart of the Week: The \u201cblack budget\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/blackbudget.png\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f3f3f3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f3f3f3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1188\" height=\"571\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/08\/blackbudget.png?resize=480,231 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/08\/blackbudget.png?resize=782,376 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/08\/blackbudget.png?resize=960,461 960w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/08\/blackbudget.png?resize=1188,571 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-27671 not-transparent\" alt=\"blackbudget\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/08\/blackbudget.png\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using documents obtained from former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, The Washington Post has published the first-ever detailed look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/black-budget-summary-details-us-spy-networks-successes-failures-and-objectives\/2013\/08\/29\/7e57bb78-10ab-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html\">the U.S. government&#8217;s intelligence spending<\/a> &#8212; the &#8220;black budget,&#8221; so called because, though the overall spending figure has been made public since 2007, the specifics have not. For its combination of newsworthiness, clear and efficient presentation of a large amount of complex data, and ease of exploration, the Post&#8217;s visualization is our Chart of the Week. <!--more--><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figures, taken from a February 2012 summary of proposed intelligence spending for the current fiscal year,\u00a0show that the CIA has the largest slice of the $52.6 billion intelligence budget: $14.7 billion, up 56% since 2004. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Program,which generates imagery and map-based intelligence, had the biggest budget increase among the major intelligence agencies: 108% since 2004.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Post&#8217;s data, nearly half ($25.3 billion) of the proposed fiscal 2013 intelligence budget went for data collection, with the CIA and the National Reconnaisance Office accounting for the bulk of that. More than $14 billion was designated for &#8220;management, facilities and support,&#8221; while data analysis and data processing and exploitation each received more than $6 billion.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using documents obtained from former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, The Washington Post has published the first-ever detailed look at the U.S. government&#8217;s intelligence spending &#8212; the &#8220;black budget,&#8221; so called because, though the overall spending figure has been made public since 2007, the specifics have not. 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