{{A breakdown of US intelligence’s multi-billion dollar “black budget” has been revealed in files disclosed by leaker Edward Snowden to the Washington Post.}}<\/p>\n
The CIA’s budget is the most expensive, $14.7bn (\u00a39.5bn) out of $52.6bn in total for 16 intelligence agencies, according to the files.<\/p>\n
Two of those agencies are also actively hacking into foreign computer networks, reports the Washington Post.<\/p>\n
The US has not made public a breakdown of the total intelligence budget.<\/p>\n
The newspaper published charts detailing the budget, but did not post all the documents, citing “sensitive details” after US officials expressed concerns about risks to methods and sources.<\/p>\n
According to the Washington Post, the CIA’s budget has grown more than 50% since 2004.<\/p>\n
‘Priority’ intelligence targets<\/p>\n
The files also reportedly show the budget of the National Security Agency (NSA), America’s electronic spying organisation – it apparently requested $10.8bn for 2013, making it second only to the CIA.<\/p>\n
Nearly $5bn of the CIA’s budget is allocated to human intelligence operations, with almost $67m of that total reserved for funding the false identities of its overseas spies, according to the files.<\/p>\n
The CIA and the NSA have also launched “offensive cyber operations” to hack into or sabotage enemy computer networks, according to the files.<\/p>\n
The documents reportedly refer to China, Russia, Iran, Cuba and Israel as “priority” counterintelligence targets. Israel is an American ally, though it has previously conducted espionage against the US.<\/p>\n
The NSA is denying one part of Friday’s report – that the agency planned to investigate up to 4,000 cases of possible internal security breaches before Mr Snowden made his disclosures to the media.<\/p>\n
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