If they're going to lie about the existence of the program, I don't see why they...

twinge · on June 13, 2013

The program cost comes directly from the slides: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prism_slide_5.jpg

marshray · on June 14, 2013

And everything the NSA puts on Powerpoint about its own budget is true?

wavefunction · on June 14, 2013

I guess it depends on the audience the presentation is intended for, but if it's internal I'd hope they weren't lying to themselves.

marshray · on June 14, 2013

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/06/former-nsa-empl...

Dr. Charlie Miller, former NSA global network exploitation analyst, @0xcharlie: While I was at the NSA (2000-2005) we were told it was against the law to spy on Americans and if you did it you'd be terminated. In retrospect, it was going on even then. I'm not surprised the heads there lie to Americans, but I'm surprised they lied even to their own employees.