Feb. 13, 2012

Consistent with 50 U.S.C. 415c(a), the Director of National Intelligence is disclosing to the public the aggregate amount of appropriations requested for Fiscal Year 2013. The aggregate amount of appropriations requested for the National Intelligence Program is $52.6 billion.

Any and all subsidiary information concerning the National Intelligence Program (NIP) budget, whether the information concerns particular intelligence agencies or particular intelligence programs, will not be disclosed.

Beyond the disclosure of the NIP top-line figure, there will be no other disclosures of currently classified budget information because such disclosures could harm national security. The only exceptions to the foregoing are for existing unclassified appropriations, such as for the Intelligence Community Management Account.

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