FBI faces deep cuts in programs to fight crime

The Bush administration's 2008 budget cuts deeply into the FBI's crucial criminal program, further crippling the bureau's ability to tackle white-collar fraud, police abuse, civil rights violations and many other crimes, a Seattle P-I analysis has found.

Well, I guess the Republicans know who their constituents are...

But the Democratic majority's spending plan -- under the ever-present threat of a presidential veto -- restores only a small fraction of the FBI agents needed to keep the criminal program at current levels.

The Democrat's slogan for the 2008 elections is Democrats - Doing The Bare Minimum!

Through accounting sleight of hand, President Bush's plan concentrates the loss of thousands of unfilled staff positions across the FBI on its criminal program by transferring hundreds more agents to counter-terrorism operations -- continuing a trend that started after 9/11.

How can they say it was "accounting sleight of hand"? The President can't even pronounce that!

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Leave it to the Bushies to come to the conclusion that the reason we were attacked by terrorists was because we had too few criminals.

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"Hello? FBI? I want to report a civil rights violation."

"This is a recording. Your call is important to us. Please stay on the line until the next available agent can come to your aid. Your call is important to us. The number of citizens now being aided in front of you is...twelve. hundred. and. fifty. two.

To hear a list of helpful tips on how to avoid calling the FBI, press 1 now. To hear Agent Hartsdale sing "Moon River", press 2 now. To report suspicions concerning your swarthy neighbor who lives in a tiny 5th floor walkup, cooks odd-smelling food and reads foreign-language newspapers, please hang up and call The Other FBI at 555-555-5555. TOFBI hotline currently has a wait of... minus. twenty. minutes. to take your call. Otherwise, please stay on the line."

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