This is equally true for defense, but what cuts the FBI makes will either imply intelligent risk taking based on analysis and logic, or a decision to underfund field operations intentionally to make a political statement and undermine Congress's attempt to get funding under control.
Conducting a hiring freeze and putting academy training on hold is a short term savings measure at best. I have no visibility on why they cut what they did, perhaps they had to, and if that is the case then Congress needs to reconsider. Defense deals largely with potential threats, while the FBI is countering ongoing threats to the homeland, so I'm a bit concerned about the reduction of spending for ongoing operations.
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