What is GAO's function? Let them audit these black projects. It's taxpayers money. Go to court & force them to disclose it better, stop all of this nonsense of black project and no accountability. Seems like Bush is very famous for it. one of his many corrupt legacies.

Americans should fear the acronym NSA

Well, judging by the insane logic used by some here,terrorists should be flocking to and attacking Canada, where i live, we don't spent billions on covert ops and weopons, but guess what , we don't attack other soveriegn nations for their resources either, and we ALL get medical, Man I love my country. YOu reep what you sow, try diplomacy it works for the rest of us. And I get a kick out of americans who think the won world war 2 by themselves, lol, Seems to me Russia took Berlin at the cost of 20, million Russian lives. And the rest of us joined before you guys, as many in the US supported the nazis right up until pearl harbor,

How about spending some of that money on our infrastructure this country is falling apart ie bridge collapsing in Minn. Steam pipe explosion in New York I mean what's next ? People are dying and being injured will somebody please do something ! 1

I wonder how many secret prisons you could build with 32 billion dollars...

There are things that are better left out of the media and this is one of them. While I understand the everyones consternation regarding secret spending, it is nessasary. Terrorists (al qaeda specifically) are reading our websites and watching our TV only to see that their overall plan is begining to work. While we should have never gone into Iraq, we are there now and must remove ourselves correctly for which the consequesnes of leaving the country (as it is now) improperly will be even greater in the long term.

How very Orwellian of you... Big Brother is taking care of everything, the media shouldn't tell the public what is going on. Lets just all trust that our government has our best interest in mind without every questioning its motives.

Authority must be questioned. Thats how we ensure that it is working in our favor.

Please stop all these ignorant comments regarding expenses on intelligence efforts. They are classified for a reason: they will compromise the security of the sources. If you don't work in the intelligence community, you don't know what it takes to gather the intel and what is needed to process or gather the intelligence, and all these efforts cost money. If you are an agent, would you want your identity be compromised just because some people think everyone should know what you do, as a result, your life is threatened?

Quote "Americans should fear the acronym NSA"

I have to agree with that one. Why did we need the Dept. of Homeland Security created, and what, exactly, does the NSA do now? Sounds like creating a department out of the blue instead of going through all the BS and red tape to ask for more money, especially when you have to tell oversight why you need it. Incidentally, which does anyone think, is easier?

I really get tired of the one-sided tirades against our government!! Get your head out of the sand and read your history books! Every President has utilized black ops and black budgets since these were created. So stop kidding yourselves that its "bad 'ol Bush" or "just like his father". Of all of you that are whining, how many of you actually stood up and volunteered for your country's military service to PROTECT the verry rights you whine about so much? If 100 people have responded to this original article, I bet less than 5 of those same people can say that they volunteered.

As General MacArthur noted - "No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation". So stop whining so much about what you're losing, and stand up and stand in front of the outside forces that keep trying to wipe out our country. Help protect, instead of rotting it from the inside!

How can sending 150,000 troops (and that's just what the general public knows about) to occupy foreign soil AFTER removing the despot that was in power there be viewed as "protecting" our rights? Sounds more like FORCING our "democracy" on Iraq where the people are sick and tired of stupid politicians and all the citizens of Iraq want to do is make a life for themselves like us......well, maybe not ALL of us........gee, I wonder why this "forced democracy" isn't sticking as planned?.............and our government's response?....Aw, throw another 50 billion or so at it. Who cares? It's not our money, it's our TAXPAYERS'!! You do pay your taxes, right? Oh yeah, you must, because you are so up front and protective of them........