Darrell Issa: “The Issa amendment simply prevents the Intelligence portion of the DOD Appropriations bill to be made public. The budget…”

“The Issa amendment simply prevents the Intelligence portion of the DOD Appropriations bill to be made public. The budget total for the National Intelligence Program is now authorized to be made public in a provision that was included in the conference report to H.R. 1. No amendments were allowed during the Conference to fix this problem. The original House-passed version of H.R. 1 did not include this provision. With so many threats to our Nation's security, it makes no sense to disclose vital information to our enemies. Traditionally, this number has remained classified for good reason.”