'Black budget' reveals a U.S. intelligence-gathering giant

◼ The Washington Post has obtained a "top secret" budget document that for the first time details spending by the U.S. intelligence community - Washington Post

The document, provided by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, shows that U.S. spy agencies have built an intelligence-gathering colossus since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but remains unable to provide critical information to the president on a range of national security threats.