Word: deas
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...lied to, electronically surveilled and finally kicked out of the country -- not by the Burmese heroin traffickers he was trying to nab but by State Department and CIA officials who thought his antidrug campaign should be played down in favor of other diplomatic interests. Horn, a 23-year DEA veteran now posted to New Orleans, has taken the highly unusual step of suing the acting head of the U.S. embassy who had him recalled, as well as the CIA station chief. The State Department's Inspector General and the Justice Department are investigating Horn's charges...
That is what drove Horn to push for better cooperation with Burma's military junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council. He and his DEA bosses concluded there was no other way to hurt Burma's drug kingpins like Khun Sa, who has some 20,000 men organizing production and distribution routes. But that goal collided with the main thrust of U.S. policy. After the junta nullified an election and killed thousands of protesters, the U.S. cut off aid and trade privileges and then refused to send a new ambassador. Ever since, the State Department has tried to minimize...
...sexuality except to ridicule it. Their songs often seek to understand the differences between the genders, and they are often painfully self-critical. Lyrics to Frente!'s Labour of Love go, "I don't know how I bent/ What you said to what I believe you meant." Says N'Dea Davenport, singer-songwriter with the R.-and-B. band Brand New Heavies: "Especially when a song is dealing with relationships, it turns out much better when both sexes are involved in creating...
Attorney General JANET RENO canceled out of a Drug Enforcement Administration memorial service for slain agents that was held last week, angering many in the DEA, who take the event very seriously. In fact, Reno is the first Attorney General in 11 years not to attend or at least send a proxy. Reno's excuse: she had to go to a school event with Clinton. At the FBI, rank and filers have been irked by Reno's fondness for what they regard as silly p.r. events -- one senior executive there was placed on unpaid leave for publicly criticizing...
...elections, Ernesto Samper and Andres Pastrana, to warn them that the CALI DRUG CARTEL -- which controls 80% of the global cocaine market -- is trying to channel drug money into their campaigns to gain influence. "We are deeply worried about a narcodemocracy developing," says a senior U.S. official. Another concern: DEA and State Department officers believe sensitive information provided to Colombian prosecutors has leaked to the cartel and may have led to the deaths of family members of anti-Cali witnesses. So strong is American distrust that U.S. officials have stopped sharing information with the Colombian justice system...