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Justice Department: Coordination Between DEA and the FBI

GGD-90-59 Published: Mar 21, 1990. Publicly Released: May 25, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the relationship between the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in investigating drug trafficking, focusing on: (1) how DEA and FBI coordinated their enforcement activities; (2) how the Department of Justice oversaw drug enforcement activities; (3) the status of efforts to merge DEA and FBI authority and resources into a single agency; and (4) DEA and FBI officials' views on the advantages and disadvantages of such a merger.

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