Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Budget cuts in 2014 could mean fewer FBI agents and other reductions to federal law enforcement agencies, CNN reports.
“What we’re going to see is really tough decisions, really cutting into the bone of programs,” said Scott Klinger, director of revenue and spending policies at the Center for Effective Government, a budget watchdog group. “The belt tightening, the deferred maintenance, the tapping of rainy day funds — it’s all been done already.”
Lawmakers already began meeting to discuss the cuts.
A new round of sequester cuts could mean a whopping $800 million reduction for the FBI budget.
“That cupboard is bare. I can’t avoid it this year,” FBI DIrector James Comey said.
