DEA-agents sell drugs, accept bribes from drug-cartel, accidently kill a guy... and keep their jobs

[DetlefK]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/28/1425563/-DEA-agents-distributed-drugs-committed-egregious-abuses-but-still-kept-their-jobs

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed its employees to stay on the job despite internal investigations that found they had distributed drugs, lied to the authorities or committed other serious misconduct, newly disclosed records show.

Lawmakers expressed dismay this year that the drug agency had not fired agents who investigators found attended “sex parties” with prostitutes paid with drug cartel money while they were on assignment in Colombia. The Justice Department also opened an inquiry into whether the DEA is able to adequately detect and punish wrongdoing by its agents.

Records from the DEA’s disciplinary files show that was hardly the only instance in which the DEA opted not to fire employees despite apparently serious misconduct.

One DEA agent was actually recommended to be fired for distributing drugs, but instead received a two-week suspension and is back on the job.

Six DEA agents handcuffed a college student, Daniel Chong, to a wall for five days and left him alone in a room with no food, water, or restrooms. All six agents later claimed they forgot he was there. Not one of them was fired.

[Egnever]

1. I don't have a problem with DEA agents

Going to sex parties thrown by drug cartels. They need to infiltrate the organizations and they can't do that by holding them at arms length.

Selling drugs I can also see as a part of being under cover.

Handcuffing someone to a wall for five days I do have a problem with. That should not happen.

[Taitertots]

2. It wasn't undercover. They are just Johns and drug dealers.

[Egnever]

3. You know that how?

[Taitertots]

14. By reading the OP article.

[Rex]

5. So you don't have a problem with people in authority lying to each other?

Interesting.

[Egnever]

6. Who lied?

[Rex]

7. You would have to read the article to know.

Might want to read the article. The DEA agents lied to their superiors...not a problem for you?

[Egnever]

8. I think I stated pretty clearly what I didn't have a problem with

You having trouble reading this morning?

[Rex]

9. So it is okay to you that they lie to their bosses.

All I wanted to know.

[Egnever]

10. Once again I outlined exactly what I didn't have a problem with

Despite your typical nonsense.

[Rex]

11. No you dodged a question that you didn't want to answer.

Which speaks volumes about your character. Nonsense is you pretending you answered the question I asked you.

[Egnever]

12. The fact you think I am obligated to answer

Your nonsense loaded questios speaks volumes about you.

Have a great day.

[Glassunion]

13. They were overt agents, residing in government-leased apartments.

Most of the sex parties occurred in government-leased quarters where agents' laptops, BlackBerry devices and other government issued equipment were present. Basically, the DEA agents were throwing parties in their own apartments.

If these were covert agents, none of us would hear about any of this.

This was uncovered only because the DEA tossed an informal party and invited Secret Service agents to it. There they were introduced to the prostitutes that later got the Secret Service in trouble when they argued with the prostitutes over the bill.

So if you are a covert agent, would you then invite prostitutes to your apartment, and then a bunch of Secret Service Agents, so they could in turn bring them back to their hotel?

[WDIM]

4. Create the crimes and reap the profits

The DEA needs to be cut from the budget an utterly useless department filled with corruption.