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DEA Office of National Security Intelligence

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.[1] Additionally, the intelligence program has been one of the federal organizations that make up the United States Intelligence Community since 2006.[2][3][4][5]

Office overview

1973

United States

680 analysts

Drug Enforcement Administration

Official website

It employs over 680 intelligence analysts (I/As) and is led by the DEA Assistant Administrator for Intelligence.[1]

Collect and produce intelligence in support of the DEA Administrator and other federal, state, and local ;

agencies

Establish and maintain close working relationships with all that produce or use narcotics intelligence;

agencies

Increase the efficiency in the reporting, analysis, storage, retrieval, and ; and, undertake a continuing review of the narcotics intelligence effort to identify and correct deficiencies.[1]

exchange of such information

The specific functions of the DEA's intelligence mission are:

El Paso Intelligence Center

Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force

War on drugs