American intelligence officers ask the US Congress for $62.3 billion

US intelligence expects to receive $62.3 billion for its activities in the 2022 fiscal year, which begins on October 1 of this year.

“The total amount requested for the implementation of the National Intelligence Program (NIP) in fiscal 2022 is $62.3 billion”, – said Avril Haynes, the United States Director of National Intelligence.

However, the NIP does not include Pentagon intelligence spending, which totaled more than $23 billion in 2021. According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the total expenditures of all American intelligence agencies in 2020.