Exhibit 1262 ยท Agency statement
Statement of the Director of Central Intelligence Regarding the Disclosure of the Aggregate Intelligence Budget for Fiscal Year 1997
The DCI announces the declassification of the aggregate intelligence budget for fiscal year 1997 following a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, and states that disclosure of future aggregate figures will be considered only after determining whether it could harm national security.
- Source
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Date
- 15 October 1997
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-archive-1997-1/pr101597.html
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- The FY1997 figure ($26.6 billion) is stated in the March 1998 statement registered next. Read from a Wayback capture.