# Special Access Programs and the Defense Budget: Understanding the "Black Budget"
> **Issue Brief** · 1989-10-24 · `IB87201`
## Report
- **CRS ID:** IB87201
- **Series:** Issue Brief
- **Publication date:** 1989-10-24
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