Most of the increase is targeted to combat terrorism and cybercrime by funding additional personnel and the development and deployment of new technical capabilities. The budget also includes resources for the FBI to provide security support for the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Increase is to combat cybercrime based on the reliance businesses have placed on the Internet. These costs include cash costs for the investigation and prosecution of drug-related crimes and the incarceration and treatment of drug offenders, property losses of crime victims and insurance companies, and lost earnings due to illness and premature death. Faith-based treatment programs will be eligible to compete for these funds.
Drug courts are an effective and cost efficient way to help non-violent drug offenders.
Federal drug arrests occurring near the southwest border are frequently referred to local prosecutors because the quantity of drugs seized is too small to meet the threshold set by local U.S. attorneys for federal prosecution. U.S. attorneys will also be directed to revise drug seizure thresholds warranting federal prosecution, thereby increasing federal drug trafficking prosecutions. Grants will be administered by the Department of Justice and awarded based on southwest border county caseloads for processing, detaining, and prosecuting drug and alien cases referred from federal arrests.