“US spy spending revealed for first time, tops $80 billion”, by Pam Benson, tells about how the government has only just revealed the cost of spy network. Many men in the intelligence community have argued that the total cost shouldn’t be announced claiming that the enemy can learn valuable information from our spending trends. The director of national intelligence, James Clapper, because he believes that to lower non-military intelligence spending since it has doubled since the 9/11 attack.
This article makes me wonder what else the government haven’t told us yet of. This might be the only thing they have kept quiet, though I seriously doubt that to be the case. This may not seem to be a big secret to some people and I have to admit that it doesn’t seem to be a huge one to me either. No, what the real issue for me is the fact that they did try to hide it. They men in the intelligence community probably did think that showing the numbers could be a danger to some extent but I believe that the real reason they didn’t want those numbers to get out was because they were afraid it would outrage the public, and with good reason. What this all boils down to is trust. Some people might be willing to trust the government completely but I won’t be as long as they try to keep facts hidden. People may say that I am too suspicious but I’ll remain the way I am now until these people have earned my trust. I have a few questions though. Why keep this a secret? Did they not realize that they would have to tell the truth eventually? Do they really still expect people to trust them? All in all, I believe that trust is the force behind any successful government and betraying that trust is the fall of it.
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