Topic: Counterterrorism Budget

The FBI receives approximately $3 billion annually for counterterrorism, which is significantly more than the funding allocated for organized crime or financial fraud. This budget creates a bureaucratic necessity to produce "terrorists" to justify continued funding to Congress. With a near-perfect conviction record and the failure of entrapment defenses in court, the FBI has little incentive to alter its practice of manufacturing cases through mandatory minimum sentencing and guilty pleas.