[Paradox]

Cool stuff, its a shame some have decided to make politics of such things.. but not surprising.

[stuartcr]

For more info, just do a search on misty+nro.

[glorgau]

its a shame some have decided to make politics of such things..

It's all politics. Especially when it comes to the taxpayer's dollars.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Nice to see Space.com providing some balanced statements from sources opposite CDI and FAS <\ sarcasm>

[RKV]

"But given the "outing" of MISTY into the public forum, has national security been compromised?"

YES. If you or I had done a stunt like this we would be in jail. The AF security guys were quite explicit when they explained it to me when I held a clearance. I guess some are more equal than others.

[YOUGOTIT]

And why are these TRAITORS still in the US Senate. Anyone who discloses classified information should be put in jail just like you and I would if we were to disclose classified information.

[TruthNtegrity]

I know you and I can't say much to add to this discussion, believing as we do in our oaths to never reveal classified information.

But on the offchance that you didn't know about this thread, here's a PING!

[TruthNtegrity]

If there is a policy lesson to be derived from all of this, Aftergood concluded, "I think it is that the integrity of the intelligence oversight process has to be strengthened. Among other things, that means reducing unnecessary budget secrecy, and curtailing industry advocacy on classified programs."

What? Funding for black contracts should be published, therefore announcing all the projects? Uh-huh, I don't think so.

There is a classified portion of the DoD budget for a reason and it needs to stay that way.

[ASA Vet]

MI Ping

Tip off by TruthNtegrity.
Tks.

[ThanhPhero]

I suspect some of these cosr "overruns" are what has been paying for the exotic secret stuff.

[HenryLeeII]

The Reagan administration poured a huge amount of money into satellite reconnaissance, including a stealth satellite program. They created a special security compartment called "Zirconic" that was extremely secret.

Zirconic is simply another compartment within the Top Secret realm. It is no more secret than ****** or ****, which are also both Top Secret.

"Only someone who had a ‘Zirconic clearance’ was allowed to know about the existence of the stealth satellite program.

...hence the term "Need to Know."

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) initiated a number of stealth satellite programs during the 1980s. The NRO manages the nation’s spy satellite programs.

No, the NRO manages the nation's reconnaissance satellites.

[Quix]

I think that

THE BLACK VAULT

has tons more gov unclassified, formerly classified FOIA docs than anyone else close.

[bmwcyle]

Nice post stupid!