NSAs open budget is around 10 billion. Snowden said it was around 50 billion off the books per year for surveillance and data collection in 2012, if I recall. They cant even tell us how many work for the NSA, it is estimated between 30,000 and 40,000. The NSA is the largest employer in Maryland.
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But, but many here chided the rest that it NEEDED to fight the ‘War on Terror’ and one were unpatriotic not to support.