>"we spent $50B and averted 17 attacks, saving potentially 15,000 lives and $500B in economic damage." What possible information can that give an adversary? Th

>"we spent $50B and averted 17 attacks, saving potentially 15,000 lives and $500B in economic damage." What possible information can that give an adversary? The average operation cost of 17 successfully averted attacks is $2.94B. More to the point of holding secret organizations accountable, though, is the fact that you do not know if that is information or misinformation.