- The United States has spent at least $2. 8 trillion on counterterrorism . . .
“Some analysts conclude that spending $2 8 trillion to counter a terrorism threat that has resulted in comparatively few fatalities is a waste of increasingly scarce government resources that are better spent elsewhere,” the report said
- 2022 Bureau of Counterterrorism Annual Report - United States . . .
This annual report captures some of CT’s most important achievements in 2022 to keep the United States and U S citizens safe and secure from terrorist threats abroad
- Rethinking U. S. Efforts on Counterterrorism
ionalize U S investment in counterterrorism represents a rare area of bipartisan agreement According to one study, from fiscal year 2002 to 2017, the United States spent 16 percent of its entire discretionary budget on counterterrorism, totaling $2 8 trillion or an average of $186 6 billion annually over fifteen years 2 Great Power
- Stimson Study Group On COUNTERTERRORISM SPENDING
Challenges encountered in tracking CT spending include how to allocate spending for dual-use programs that contribute to other missions, how to account for large amounts of classified CT spending, and how to capture the sometimes-intangible secondary costs of terrorist attacks
- U. S. Federal Budget | Costs of War | Brown University
The base budget of the Pentagon has increased by about $900 billion above what it would have been in the absence of war; Homeland Security spending on preventing and countering terrorism within the U S has totaled over $1 1 trillion since the inception of the Department of Homeland Security in 2002; and current and future costs for veterans
- Counterterrorism Budgets: U. S. vs. International Spending Insights
Key Takeaways The U S spent $2 8 trillion on counterterrorism from 2002 to 2017, averaging $175 billion yearly
- DHS FY 2024 Budget in Brief (BIB) - Homeland Security
The President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is $103 2B, of which $60 4B is net discretionary funding This funding supports the Department’s ever-evolving mission set and aligns with key Presidential priorities
- Estimating the True Cost of America’s Post-9 11 Wars
More than two decades after 9 11, the United States continues to pay a mounting price for conflicts that were supposed to be swift, affordable, and decisive
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