title: Pentagon says military intelligence accounts for $16.8 billion in FY17 budget 
text: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Military intelligence programs account for $16.8 billion of the Pentagon’s overall $583 billion budget request for fiscal 2017, the U.S. Defense Department said on Tuesday. The sum includes funds in the base budget and a separate war funding budget. A Pentagon spokeswoman said no additional details on  military intelligence programs would be released since they remained classified for national security reasons. 