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Issa Expands Probe Of ATF's Fast And Furious To Examine DEA Money Laundering

Ryan J. Reilly | December 6, 2011, 5:35AM

A stash of money seized by DEA.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) on Monday expanded his investigation into why ATF let guns "walk" across the Mexican border during Operation Fast and Furious, to include a probe of DEA laundering money to Mexican drug cartels.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that U.S. narcotics agents "have laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington's expanding role in Mexico's fight against drug cartels."

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Topics: Drug Enforcement Agency, Eric Holder, Fast And Furious

Marijuana

Feds Take 3,194 Days To Decide They Still Don't Like Marijuana

Ryan J. Reilly | July 11, 2011, 10:35AM

Nearly nine years ago, the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis challenged the Drug Enforcement Administration's classification of marijuana as a schedule I drug, asking them to reschedule cannabis as a schedule III, IV or V drug instead. In other words, they wanted it downgraded in federal eyes. On Friday, they got their answer: no thanks.

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Topics: DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency, Justice Department, Marijuana

Drug Enforcement Agency

Marijuana Backers To GOPers: Why Not Cut The DEA Budget?

Ryan J. Reilly | February 3, 2011, 11:15AM

With Republicans in the House looking to cut down on spending in the next fiscal year, supporters of legalizing marijuana have a suggestion for where they should start -- the Drug Enforcement Agency's budget.

Sure, they know it's a long shot. But the Marijuana Policy Project's Steve Fox told TPM it makes a lot of sense.

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Topics: Barack Obama, DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency, Drugs, Marijuana, Office of Management and Budget

Drug Enforcement Agency

DEA Agent Who Shot Self Presses Forward In Suit Against Gov't (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | February 2, 2011, 11:10AM

A Drug Enforcement Agency agent who shot himself in the foot during a classroom demonstration in a video that went viral on YouTube is asking an appeals court to rule that the disclosure of the video was an invasion of privacy.

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tampa Bay Bandits football player and undercover agent Lee Paige first sued over the disclosure of the April 2004 video in April 2006. Now, Mike Scarcella of National Law Journal reports, he wants an appeals court to overturn a ruling that ended the suit in December.