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U.S. Spent $9.2 Billion on Secrecy in 2005

Via UPI.

The U.S. government spent more than $9.2 billion last year keeping things secret.

That represents a 13 percent rise over the previous year, and the soaring expense fell disproportionately on the private sector, where the costs to government contractors and other companies of meeting government-mandated security standards nearly doubled.

The figures are contained in the 2005 annual cost estimate from the Information Security Oversight Office, the government agency that oversees the national security classification system.

posted by Fergie @ 8/28/2006 09:16:00 AM