Laws are designed to protect people, not harm them. In this case, it’s causing harm and unnecessary pain. The Justice Department, DEA and legislators have to figure out a way to strike a balance By Carrie Johnson Washington Post WASHINGTON — Heightened efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration to crack down on narcotics abuse are…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A DEA internal memo has identified the names of three agents who were killed in Afghanistan Monday in a helicopter crash that also claimed the lives of seven U.S. Service members. The helicopter had just taken off from a drug raid and battle with the Taliban. But there was…
A new twist on the war on drugs? Protesters say they should be able to cultivate hemp in this country. The DEA says no. By David Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD, Va. — You want to dig a garden, you need a shovel. You want to dig a guerrilla garden of illegal hemp on…
By Marty Ficke Security DeBrief The arrest of Richard Cramer earlier this month is very disturbing news for many reasons. Personally disturbing to me, not only because I am a former ICE Special Agent and Supervisor, but also because of the damage incidents like this have on inter-agency cooperation, and in this case, international cooperation….
Ouch. It’s rare to see someone who made it that high up in an organization like this– even after they’ve left — get indicted. BY MICHAEL SALLAH AND ROB BARRY Miami Herald MIAMI — The former chief of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Miami office who led the agency’s cases against infamous Panama strongman Manuel…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Could there be an upset in the making for the top post at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration? For weeks now, multiple sources have said the new administrator is likely to be John Pistole, deputy director of the FBI. But one source on Tuesday insisted that the acting administrator…
William Coonce worked for the DEA for 29 years and was special agent in charge of the Detroit Division from 1987 to 1993. His commentary is in response to a story in ticklethewire.com, which said FBI deputy Director John Pistole, Assistant U.S. Attorney Boyd Johnson III and former U.S. Attorney Greg. A. Vega were being…
The wide ranging, multi-state probe into the death of Michael Jackson continues. Here’s the latest. By MAGGIE LILLIS LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL LAS VEGAS –Federal agents searched a pharmacy in a Las Vegas strip mall Tuesday morning as part of the investigation into the death of entertainer Michael Jackson. Although Drug Enforcement Administration agents at the…
