Posted on 03/27/2014 11:47:59 AM PDT by ColdOne
A federal anti-drug task force obstructed an internal investigation and retaliated against agents who cooperated with investigators, the Justice Department Inspector General said in a report issued Wednesday.
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Program (OCDETF), a multi-agency task force within the Department of Justice, put in place protocols to limit what the department’s inspector general could learn.
Agents were told to answer investigators’ questions but not elaborate. They were also told by superiors that information given to the Inspector General could be tracked back to agents, and all documents released to the IG were required to be reviewed beforehand.
The IG said the actions set a “very closed” and “adversarial” tone for its investigation.
“Given this troubling conduct,” the inspector general said, “we cannot be sure we obtained complete information from or about the [OCDETF Fusion Center] or that other OFC employees may not have been deterred from coming forward and speaking candidly with us.”
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I’m glad to see this. It indicates that not all of the agents are corrupted.
The article doesn’t say what the IG was investigating. However, I will say that from my experience, drug investigation units tend to believe that they are a law unto themselves, and accountable to no one.
Thanks ColdOne.
Fire the entire leadership chain, then investigate.
Prosecute where appropriate, starting with Holder.
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