Intelligence chief OK's global warming study ($48Bil in Intel budget to study global warming) |
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Posted by FreedomNeocon On News/Activism 05/14/2007 2:11:02 PM CDT · 38 replies · 533+ views Boston.com ^ | 5-15-2007 | Mark Mazzetti Stepping into the middle of a partisan debate on Capitol Hill, the nation's top intelligence official has endorsed a comprehensive study by spy agencies about the impact of global warming on national security. In a letter written last week to the House Intelligence Committee, Michael McConnell, director of national intelligence, said it was "entirely appropriate" that the intelligence community prepare an assessment of the "geopolitical and security implications of global climate change." The question of whether the country's spy agencies, already burdened by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the global hunt for members of Al Qaeda,... |
Are you sure that headline is correct? 48 billion sounds like the entire budget for the CIA, not for a study.