By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Sen. Chuck Grassley wants answers.
The Republican from Iowa is demanding details of the treatment of Daniel Chong, who was detained and deprived of water and food for five days, the Hill reports.
“The American people still do not know the full details about Mr. Chong’s mistreatment and abuse,” Grassley wrote. “And despite this inexcusable behavior and long-overdue findings, the American people still have no idea whether these agents and administrators are still working for the DEA.”
The letter to DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart comes after an Inspector General report that “raises even more questions.”
“Not only were there specific failures by specific agents and employees that led to Mr. Chong’s brutal captivity, as well as a possible attempted cover up by senior DEA officials, but the entire system itself was set up to fail and forestall any future review,” Grassley wrote. “This is wholly unacceptable.”
Chong, a college student, reached a $4.1 million settlement with the DEA.
