Bipartisan bills call for disclosure of intelligence agency budgets
New legislation introduced Friday would force intelligence community agencies to publicly disclose their annual budget requests. The Intelligence Budget Transparency Act is being introduced in both the House and Senate, according to a press release from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. The bill directs the president to disclose the “amount of funding budgeted for intelligence agencies and activities” — often referred to as the black budget. Wyden, who is introducing the Senate version with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said in a press release that the bill is a step toward greater accountability and transparency in the intelligence community. “By operating secret programs funded by secret budgets, our national intelligence agencies enjoy a blank check as far as the American taxpayers are concerned,” Wyden said. “With little to no public oversight, it is even more important that Americans have at least some sense of whether they’re getting what they paid for. Rep. Peter Welch, […]
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