The compartmentalized activities are budgeted by Congress, a few members of which are read into the activities for oversight purposes. They are not funded by embezzlement from other programs. That would be a disclosure vulnerability. Ever heard of the big cross-charging scandal between the B-1 and Space Shuttle program back in the 1980s? That gave rise to onerous accounting reporting requirements.
You can imagine all you want, but I've been there. You haven't.
The compartmentalized activities are budgeted by Congress, a few members of which are read into the activities for oversight purposes. They are not funded by embezzlement from other programs. That would be a disclosure vulnerability. Ever heard of the big cross-charging scandal between the B-1 and Space Shuttle program back in the 1980s? That gave rise to onerous accounting reporting requirements.
You can imagine all you want, but I've been there. You haven't.