Power in Military Black Budgets perpetuate a never-ending warfare society
The top five military contractors by sales are Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumann, General Dynamics and Raytheon. In addition to the Department of Defense allocations, the top five intelligence agencies that often provide military use applications are the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Program and the General Defense Intelligence Program. The actual amount of monies that go into funding off the books secret projects, estimated by Bill Sweetman as cited in the Economic Crisis and the Pentagon`s Black Budget, exceeds rational comprehension. "The Pentagon’s ‘black’ operations, including the intelligence budgets nested inside it, are roughly equal in magnitude to the entire defense budgets of the UK, France or Japan, and ten percent of the total."
Even the Washington Post in the account, "Black Budget" details U.S. operations, goals reports the "Spending in the most recent cycle surpassed that amount based on the $52.6 billion detailed in documents obtained by The Post, plus a separate $23 billion devoted to intelligence programs that more directly support the U.S. military."So where did this figure come from? None other than the audacious whistleblower or infamous traitor, depending on your viewpoint, revealed the figures. In the article, Snowden Reveals First Ever Public Disclosure Of Secret Black Budget Programs, the costs may be in the trillions.
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All these covert platforms are so secret that the complete disclosure is above the pay grade of most elected representatives. Breaking down the Black Budget alludes to the SAPS. Seemingly, a most appropriate slang name; - a fool, dupe - befitting government puppets.
So where does the money come from for the military to develop and build their play toys weapons of mass destruction? Catherine Austin Fitts, answers with the claim that:
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