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...requires that the local police departments develop good sources of intelligence and then, the greatest challenge of all, share that intelligence with one another and with the armada of federal agents in the city--from the FBI to the U.S. Attorney's office to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Then they have to build professional, solid cases that will hold up in court. Finally, they must avoid handing the cases to certain local judges who have what Bernazzani calls "a warped sense of social consciousness...
...mostly nonviolent crimes. Those organizations have not yet set up operations, but the trend concerns Bernazzani, who says they had no presence in the city before Katrina. Houston drug dealers may also be trying to enter the void, says Michele Leonhart, the No. 2 in charge of the DEA. "Houston-based traffickers are using New Orleans refugees as guides to open up the market. They say, 'Hey, why don't you drive with me to New Orleans for the day, and I'll let you in on some profit?'" Leonhart says. "All good traffickers are looking for new markets...
...billion for Burlington Resources, one of the world's largest natural-gas producers. In the contiguous 48 states, easily accessible fields are running full tilt. "We've had great success finding new reserves, but these are unconventional sources--low-permeability gas sands, shale gas, coal-bed methane," says Peter Dea, CEO of Western Gas Resources, a Denver-based gas producer. Longer term, more supplies are on the way. The U.S. Interior Department last week opened for exploration 389,000 acres of Alaskan tundra and shoreline, which officials estimate may contain 3.5 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas. Yet that...
...terribly difficult. After going to work for the firm as an assistant broker, one undercover agent claims she was soon approached by colleagues who tapped their noses and asked if she "partied." Apparently the Brooks dealers were just as indiscreet in their activities outside the office. A DEA affidavit cites one instance in which a Brooks employee sent a customer a free sample of heroin via the company's messenger service...
Rather than target the crops, however, the new campaign aims to crush trafficking kingpins and their patrons in government who have formed power centers to rival those of noncorrupt officials. The problem so far has been gathering evidence against the crooked players, but now the DEA has given special-ops training to a cadre of 128 Afghan officers vetted for corruption. They will be joined by five Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Teams (FAST) of DEA agent-advisers at a secure base with modern electronics outside Kabul. The goal is to have the units gather data from documents, computer discs...