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So I've Good News, and I've Got Bad News…

Jonathan Blanks | 8.1.2007 4:09 PM

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The good news? The federal "black budget" for classified and clandestine activity is holding steady for the third straight year.

The bad news? The "black budget" is $31.9 billion.

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Jonathan Blanks is a visiting fellow in criminal justice at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity.

 

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