What Does The United States Get For Its $80 Billion Intelligence Budget

U.S. Spies After The Cold War -- USA Today

What bang does the United States get for its $80 billion intelligence budget.

The U.S. intelligence community has long struggled with how to understand the world. In many instances, it comes down to budgeting: how to get the best results for the money—$80 billion last year—that the country allocates to the problem. University of Georgia political science professor Loch Johnson served on the staff of the 1995-96 Aspin-Brown Commission, which considered how the CIA and the other spy agencies should adjust to the new realities that followed the end of the Cold War. He recently spoke with U.S. News about his new book, The Threat on the Horizon: An Inside Account of America's Search for Security After the Cold War. Excerpts:

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