Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100719:22:29:00
And many, many of them have grown, the ones that existed already, have grown quite big following the attacks. >> and despite this enormous growth, nearly a million people, americans, now have top secret security clearances. the federal government spends, what, $70 billion a year on intelligence? what's the latest number that you have? >> it's much more than that. the public number is $75 billion, but that does not include a lot of military programs that are so important. the point that is very surprising to me was that in hundreds of interviews with former but also current officials, many of t...