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What do we know about U.S. counterterrorism spending? Not much.

Sep 10, 2021
Some of the spending is classified, while there's also been a lack of transparency.
Travelers are screened by Transportation Security Administration workers at a security check point at O'Hare Airport on June 2, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.
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