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'Black Budget' Summary Details U.S. Spy Network's Successes, Failures and Objectives (Washington Post, 2013)

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Washington Post reporting, read 2026-08-22, on the FY2013 US intelligence community 'black budget' leaked by Edward Snowden, breaking out the CIA's requested budget share among sixteen intelligence agencies.

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Citation
Author
Barton Gellman and Greg Miller
Publisher
The Washington Post
Publication Year
2013
URL
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/black-budget-summary-details-us-spy-networks-successes-failures-and-objectives/2013/08/29/7e57bb78-10ab-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html
Source Type
journalism
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Tier 2: The Washington Post, a major national newspaper, reporting from leaked government budget documents rather than an official government disclosure.
Notes
A major national newspaper's reporting on a genuine leaked US government budget document (provided by Edward Snowden); the underlying figures are the government's own, reaching the public through an unauthorized leak rather than routine disclosure.
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This source names Washington directly: "Washington Post reporting, read 2026-08-22, on the FY2013 US intelligence community 'black budget' leaked by Edward Snowden, breaking out the CIA's requested budget share among sixteen intelligence..."

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This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Organizations, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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