# The Only Time in History the Real US Intelligence Black Budget Became Public *Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/8e1dd03a *Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/8e1dd03a.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1 Publisher: The Classified Record · published — · read 2026-09-15 Original: https://theclassifiedrecord.com/documents/black-budget-2013-leak *A source is testimony, not proof. The document itself is never republished here.* ## Who is named (13) - [NSA](https://truthscore.com/entity/051d8311) - [fleet of satellites](https://truthscore.com/entity/060f7568) - [Osama bin Laden](https://truthscore.com/entity/0fb80c08) - [1946 screening memo](https://truthscore.com/entity/1277de56) - [Washington Post](https://truthscore.com/entity/202610e9) - [FBI](https://truthscore.com/entity/47ebd027) - [China](https://truthscore.com/entity/84a7edc4) - [CIA](https://truthscore.com/entity/99821d70) - [Edward Snowden](https://truthscore.com/entity/9c7ed82c) - [National Reconnaissance Office](https://truthscore.com/entity/ab21dbda) - [FY 2013 Intelligence Budget Justification](https://truthscore.com/entity/c197e5ab) - [Pakistan](https://truthscore.com/entity/c7088b1c) - [Russia](https://truthscore.com/entity/c8ccf265) ## What it added - [The Washington Post published a 178-page classified budget document on August 29, 2013, provided by Edward Snowden, breaking down the $52.6 billion fiscal year…](https://truthscore.com/claim/a5972370) > On August 29, 2013, the Washington Post published a real, 178-page classified budget document, provided by Edward Snowden, breaking down the $52.6 billion fiscal year 2013 intelligence budget agency by agency and, in places, program by program. - [It remains the only time in American history the itemized black budget has ever become public.](https://truthscore.com/claim/baaf6451) > It remains the only time in American history the itemized black budget has ever become public. - [The CIA commanded the largest share of the intelligence budget, $14.7 billion, in fiscal year 2013.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d761e9f7) > The CIA, not the NSA, turned out to command the largest share of the intelligence budget, $14.7 billion, - [The NSA's share of the intelligence budget was $10.8 billion in fiscal year 2013.](https://truthscore.com/claim/387968a7) > more than the NSA's $10.8 billion - [The National Reconnaissance Office's share of the intelligence budget was $10.3 billion in fiscal year 2013.](https://truthscore.com/claim/93a9cc8c) > and roughly on par with the National Reconnaissance Office's $10.3 billion for spy satellites. - [The CIA, NSA, and National Reconnaissance Office together consumed 68 percent of the entire $52.6 billion intelligence budget in fiscal year 2013.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2f548359) > Together, those three agencies alone consumed 68 percent of the entire $52.6 billion. - [The NSA and CIA launched offensive cyber operations, as termed in the budget, in fiscal year 2013.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ca0c9ec6) > the NSA and CIA had launched what the budget itself termed offensive cyber operations - [The document showed agencies acknowledging blind spots about Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, China's next generation fighter aircraft, and how Russia might respond…](https://truthscore.com/claim/be024c76) > including agencies acknowledging their own blind spots: uncertainty about Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, about what China's next generation of fighter aircraft could actually do, about how Russia might respond to a terrorist attack. - [The raid that killed Osama bin Laden was guided from space by a fleet of satellites collecting signals intelligence in real time, according to the document.](https://truthscore.com/claim/1335d7d4) > the raid that killed Osama bin Laden was, in the document's own words, guided from space by a fleet of satellites collecting signals intelligence in real time as the mission unfolded. - [The FY 2013 intelligence budget document existed, was obtained and published by a major news organization, and confirmed capabilities and priorities the public…](https://truthscore.com/claim/dd5d607d) > This establishes that a real, itemized breakdown of America's classified intelligence spending existed, was obtained and published by a major news organization, and confirmed capabilities and priorities the public had never been told about in specific terms, not vague totals. - [The Washington Post withheld portions of the document after consulting officials over sensitive sources and methods.](https://truthscore.com/claim/65777d8a) > The Post itself withheld portions of the document after consultation with officials over sensitive sources and methods. - [No comparably detailed black budget document has been made public since 2013.](https://truthscore.com/claim/47e8c9db) > No comparably detailed black budget document has been made public since. - [The classified record traces a pattern from a 1946 screening memo to the 3.4 million warrantless searches the FBI ran in a single year.](https://truthscore.com/claim/a6ce8a1b) > The Classified Record traces that exact pattern from a 1946 screening memo to the 3.4 million warrantless searches the FBI ran in a single year. ## What it cost Reading this document into the graph cost $0.01.