NCJ Number
138077
Date Published
1992
Length
28 pages
Annotation
This report reviews the Department of Defense's (DOD's) efforts to increase the availability and usefulness of drug-related intelligence to the law enforcement agencies (LEA's) and identifies duplicate reporting and analysis efforts among the various counternarcotics organizations.
Abstract
This analysis concludes that DOD has contributed significantly to the drug intelligence collection capabilities and increased the U.S. counternarcotics community's understanding of the nature and scope of drug-producing and trafficking organizations. Although the volume of drug-related intelligence being collected has increased, no one individual or agency is directing the collection, analysis, and reporting of counternarcotics intelligence by both DOD and LEA's. The director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy establishes priorities for intelligence functions and encourages agency cooperation in the coordination and sharing of intelligence information, but he does not have the authority to direct agency intelligence activities. Apparently, DOD's collection efforts do not duplicate those of the drug LEA's; however, the lack of overall guidance has contributed to duplication within and among DOD and LEA organizations in the critical production phase that follows intelligence collection. 1 table