Nebukadnezar99Some $4 billion is being cut from the National Intelligence Program this
year as a result of sequestration, Director of National Intelligence James
Clapper told the House Intelligence Committee at a hearing today. He said
that the consequences will be severe. Acquisition programs will be
“wounded,” ongoing programs will have to be curtailed, and the ensuing
degradation of intelligence capabilities will be “insidious” with
unforeseeable effects, he said.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence disclosed
yesterday that the FY 2014 budget request for the National Intelligence
Program (NIP) is $48.2 billion. However, this figure excludes the pending
funding request for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), so it cannot be
directly compared to previous budget allocations, such as the $53.9 billion
that was appropriated in FY 2012, or the $52.6 billion that was requested
for FY 2013.
The Secretary of Defense also disclosed the FY 2014 budget request for the
Military Intelligence Program (MIP) yesterday, which was $14.6 billion. It
also did not include the funding request for Overseas Contingency
Operations. This is a slight decline from the $14.7 billion base request
for the MIP last year. (An additional $4.5 billion was known to have been
requested for OCO in the past fiscal year.)
http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2013/04/mip-2014.html
Total intelligence spending (NIP plus MIP) peaked in Fiscal Year 2010, and
has been on a downward slope since then. Intelligence budget disclosures
from the last several years are tabulated here:
http://www.fas.org/irp/budget/index.html
The NIP intelligence budget request was publicly disclosed for the first
time in February 2011, in response to a requirement enacted by Congress in
the FY 2010 intelligence authorization act. The MIP intelligence budget
request was disclosed for the first time in February 2012, even though
there was no specific statutory requirement to do so.
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF U.S. FINANCIAL ASSETS, AND MORE FROM CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include
the following.
Foreign Ownership of U.S. Financial Assets: Implications of a Withdrawal,
April 8, 2013:
Foreign Investment and National Security: Economic Considerations, April
4, 2013:
Financial Market Supervision: Canada’s Perspective, April 4, 2013:
The European Union: Foreign and Security Policy, April 8, 2013:
The Berne Union: An Overview, April 5, 2013:
Japan’s Possible Entry Into the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Its
Implications, April 8, 2013:
El Salvador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations, April
5, 2013:
Latin America: Terrorism Issues, April 5, 2013:
U.S. Policy Towards Burma: Issues for the 113th Congress, March 12, 2013:
Congressional Authority to Regulate Firearms: A Legal Overview, April 5,
2013:
Procedural Analysis of Private Laws Enacted: 1986-2013, April 9, 2013:
U.S. Natural Gas Exports: New Opportunities, Uncertain Outcomes, April 8,
2013:
Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Review of Fluoridation and Regulation
Issues, April 5, 2013:
State Legalization of Recreational Marijuana: Selected Legal Issues, April
5, 2013:
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