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Tbh, I prolly wouldn’t going around publicly disclosing my budgets for offensive capabilities (or at least in it’s entirety). Let the enemies keep guessing

• not2b 5y ago
  In a democracy, the people need to have a say as to how money is spent. The detailed capabilities can be hidden (and will be), but I think it's a good idea to shift to defense, and the shift in focus should be openly debated. Besides, cyber offense isn't a means of defense, because you'd need to figure out how to retaliate against and tit for tat escalation of attacks would be a disaster.
  • adventured 5y ago
    There is no shift happening what-so-ever. They're hiding the offensive spending for plausible deniability purposes, and to keep some information from US enemies. It's trivially easy to shift expansion in the cyber offensive spending to the black budget segment, so US enemies can't get a clean idea of what the US is spending or not spending in that area. The US does this as a matter of routine in defense spending, and has across most of the post WW2 era.
  • xkcd-sucks 5y ago
    All the three letter agencies in the USA have burned all their trust regarding secrecy. Better (re:public opinion, funding) to be truthful
  • koheripbal 5y ago
    Democracy does not require military spending transparency.