And did you miss the story in the last couple of days about Al Qaeda in Iraq being funded from outside of Iraq and that their budget is over $1 Billion dollars, with a B ??
You do realize that financing is not a limiting factor, right?
but that's inside iraq, not inside the US.
its not the quantity of money - its the method by which its distributed to the "troops". there has been significant improvemnts by law enforcement to monitor and track suspicious financial movements, ATM transactions, etc.