https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/fbiaa.site...eld_-_fbia.pdf

Trying to save money by undermining the FBI’s ability to protect the public is likely to be far more costly to our country in the long run. FBI employees represent less than two percent of the federal workforce, and FBI Agents are less than one percent. In addition to helping protect our country, our work has also resulted in the payment of over $23 billion in recoveries and penalties to the federal government over the last three years. It makes no sense to place the entire country at greater risk and restrict the resources available to these dedicated public servants for a small amount of savings.
An attempt to use pragmatism with our current Congress is probably a wasted effort, but the insights in this report are eye opening.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...852_story.html

New FBI Director James B. Comey stunned by impact of sequestration on agents in the field

But Comey was stunned when he began visiting FBI field offices this month and heard directly from his special agents. New intelligence investigations were not being opened. Criminal cases were being closed. Informants couldn’t be paid. And there was not enough funding for agents to put gas in their cars.