The Nation - News from Sept. 27, 1985

The Senate voted to authorize large-scale but unspecified spending for the nation’s intelligence agencies in fiscal year 1986 after assurances from key senators that the bill would not violate limits in aid to Nicaraguan rebels. As usual, the bill did not disclose any totals for the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Council, the FBI or the intelligence operations of the Defense, State and Treasury departments. The Senate also adopted an amendment that would increase the budget for the FBI’s anti-terrorist activities by $19.5 million, to $59.5 million.