Article posted Wednesday, December 5, 2012 2:18pm

150,000

Number of murders in the United States since 9/11

36

Number that were related to Islamic extremism

400

Number of deaths related to Islamic terrorism annually, excluding the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq

335

Number of deaths related to bathtub accidents each year

52,000

The number of Transportation Security Agents employed today (there were 16,000 in 2002)

$8 billion

The annual budget of the Transportation Security Administration

80

Percent increase in the budget of the Department of Defense since 2000, not including costs associated with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

$1.36 trillion

Cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as of September

Sources: Bloomberg Businessweek; Scripps Howard News Service; Salon.com