Word: overbudget
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...that if the FBI tracks down someone dangerous in, say, San Antonio, Texas, it might not be able to keep an eye on him. Despite Mueller's focus on terrorism, agents are sometimes pulled away to handle traditional criminal cases. A long-awaited and badly needed computer overhaul is overbudget and behind schedule. Which means, the commission stated, "the FBI still does not know what's in its files." A longtime FBI analyst put it this way: "The FBI director wants to change. The question is whether anyone below agrees with...
...paddling in near-Earth orbit to which the space agency has confined itself since the 1970s. Back on the table is human exploration of the moon; back on the table is human exploration of Mars. Swept to the floor--or at least to the side--is the overbudget, underproducing International Space Station and the increasingly creaky, increasingly lethal shuttle fleet...