I disagree with you, you have btw 7 to 10 agents making btw 125 and 250 a year for 13 years and the meter is still going. plus what they pay informants and relocation fees for informants, recordings and theres 15000 of them that the agents and the AG has to go through. How about gas and other expenses that are needed. Plus the specialitsts that they hire and all the analyses they have to do,and all the paper work and courtroom grand jury expenses etc etc ???
Agents dont make six figures (only the higher ups in DC, and the heads of the squads do), they make about 50-60k starting salary since they are on the federal GS pay scale, trust me i know as a former federal worker. Most of the agents out on the street havent been working for the fbi very long hence thats why they are out on the street doing the grunt work. There's not many informants in this case and they have only started cooperating within the past few years so theres not much relocation expenses.
With the adevnt of smartphones and new technology it is VERY cheap to have tons of hours of recordings so thats not a big expense. The FBI has in house specialists already on the payroll and if they dont they ask other agencies like the DOJ to assist so youu dont have to hire new people for this case. Paper expenses arent going to be a million dollars either.
General Managers at McDonalds start at 50-60 K a year so agents definitely get more then that! just saying!
