Cost to Protect U.S. Secrets Doubles in Decade to $11 Billion

Cost to Protect U.S. Secrets Doubles in Decade to $11 Billion - NYTimes.com: "WASHINGTON — The federal government spent more than $11 billion to protect its secrets last year, double the cost of classification a decade ago — and that is only the part it will reveal. The total does not include the costs incurred by the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and other spy agencies, whose spending is — you guessed it — classified."