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Let's talk sense about 'intelligence' in discussing intelligence funds for national security and foreign policy

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THE public would not be so negative and disapproving of the confidential/intelligence funds for the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education had the funds not been billed as 'intelligence' and 'confidential' with little explanation. By being also obscenely large, the subsequent toll on the VP's reputation and prestige became