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Things like the SR-71 and B-2 development programs are off the higher level books. Due to the compartmentalized nature of some of the programs (with good reaso
by pnpnp 3y ago
Things like the SR-71 and B-2 development programs are off the higher level books.
Due to the compartmentalized nature of some of the programs (with good reason), it’s infeasible the DoD would ever pass a traditional audit.
Much like the CIA intentionally obfuscates funding for 3rd parties.
- callalex 3y agoAnd yet other countries in the free world seem to manage this problem just fine…
- pnpnp 3y agoSure, but the comment I was responding to referenced auditing the DoD. This is a whole different can of worms :)
- Dah00n 3y agoThat's because they don't have a government in a government in a government.... 127 layers deep. More like 2-3.
- cvwright 3y agoBecause the US provides the SR-71s and B-2s for those countries.
- fullspectrumdev 3y agoBingo. I can’t think of any other EU/NATO/FVEY country that actually does development of defence tech on the scale the US does.
- dmix 3y agoThat doesn't mean the US gov can't find auditors with proper security clearance to account for those black budgets.
- pnpnp 3y agoYou’re missing the “compartmentalized” nature of TS/SCI projects. You would need many, many auditors or the paperwork would be enormous to be cleared for each one. Yes it’s technically possible, but the current model doesn’t support moving between compartments easily.