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I'm sorry, but expertise in dealing with Columbian drug cartels does not translate into expertise in dealing with foreign espionage. For one thing, the knowledge required is not general but specific. There's need for knowledge about specific foreign intelligence services and their MO's and patterns. I agree with posters who suggest that DEA's lack of expertise in this area is already indicated by the ludicrous suggestion that Mossad's idea of a long-term multi-target spy ring is a bunch of kids roaming around very publicly asking aggressive questions.

You can talk endlessly about what might be and why the Administration might say this or that and what you can imagine, but this story will still have no legs -- except for those who desperately need to believe that the treacherous, wily Jew has shown his bloodsoaked hand once again. I am not necessarily including you in this group; I but present the shoe, so that those whom it fits may wear it.

I agree with posters who suggest that DEA's lack of expertise in this area is already indicated by the ludicrous suggestion that Mossad's idea of a long-term multi-target spy ring is a bunch of kids roaming around very publicly asking aggressive questions.

First off, they're not "kids" -- if they're old enough to have served in "military intelligence, electronic signals interception or explosive ordnance units", that's a strong indicator that they're over 18

Ok, let's have it your way. So there's a very innocent and reasonable explanation for why:

a majority of the students questioned by U.S. investigators acknowledged having served in military intelligence, electronic signals interception or explosive ordnance units in the Israeli military. The DEA said one person questioned was the son of a two-star Israeli general, one had served as the bodyguard to the head of the Israeli Army and another served in a Patriot missile unit.

So, these adults were running trying to get into sensitive areas and taking interest in the homes of key personnel. Their lack of discretion might be viewed as lack of skill -- or it might just be audacity and arrogance, taking into account that the most that would happen is deportation.