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Re:Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation by abecedarius on Saturday February 27, 2016 @12:59AM (#11186248)
They're getting $2 billion/year now, according to Wikipedia. I wonder if your $50.6B is not inflation-adjusted; it struck me as surprisingly 'low'.
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Re:Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation by adventured on Saturday February 27, 2016 @06:34AM (#11186828)
It's likely not low. The FBI's budget is $8 billion, and the DEA is a small fraction the size of the FBI. I'm rather amazed at the reach of the DEA's activities off of that small of a budget however.
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