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The
Office of National Security Intelligence
of the
United States
Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA), established in 1973, helps initiate new investigations of major drug organizations, strengthens ongoing ones and subsequent prosecutions, develops information that leads to seizures and arrests, and provides policy makers with
illegal drug trade
trend information upon which programmatic decisions can be based.
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Additionally, the intelligence program has been one of the
federal
organizations that make up the
United States Intelligence Community
since 2006.
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It employs over 680 intelligence analysts (I/As) and is led by the
DEA
Assistant Administrator for Intelligence.
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Functions
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The specific functions of the DEA's intelligence mission are:
- Collect and produce intelligence in support of the DEA Administrator and other federal, state, and local
agencies
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- Establish and maintain close working relationships with all
agencies
that produce or use narcotics intelligence;
- Increase the efficiency in the reporting, analysis, storage, retrieval, and
exchange of such information
; and, undertake a continuing review of the narcotics intelligence effort to identify and correct deficiencies.
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See also
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References
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