A Sixteenth Member of the U.S. Intelligence Community
With the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2002, the U.S. intelligence community gained its fifteenth member.
Last week, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) became the sixteenth member.
“This designation does not grant DEA new authorities, but it does formalize the long-standing relationship between the DEA and the IC,” according to a February 17 news release from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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