Thursday, April 2, 2009

Blair, Gates OK Multi-Billion Secret Sats

From DoD Buzzz:

President Barack Obama is expected to approve a new constellation of highly classified multi-billion dollar spy satellites in the next few days, injecting a major new expenditure into the Defense Department budget that was not planned when the administration began its budget deliberations.

The debate between the intelligence community and the military over this system has been particularly sharp. In the words of one Hill source familiar with the issue. “A deep path has been worn between the Pentagon on this one,” the source said.

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My Comment: This still has to be approved by Congress .... but this is an expenditure that no one had expected.

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