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Newsbrief:
Head
of
National
Drug
Intelligence
Center
Fired
7/9/04
In May, DRCNet reported on
widespread allegations of mismanagement, favoritism and sexism at the National
Drug Intelligence Center (http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/). A rising chorus
of complaints from the center's 400 employees led the Justice Department
to send a team to investigate (https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/336/ndic.shtml).
NDIC, located in Johnstown, PA, tracks drug trends, issues intelligence
reports ("threat assessments"), and provides counter-drug intelligence
to other favorite agencies.
At the time Justice said
it was responding to complaints made in a letter by NDIC employees charging
that director Michael Horn created an intimidating atmosphere, overplayed
the agency's role in counter-terrorism efforts, treated most women in a
hostile manner, and traveled excessively with one woman, his assistant
Mary Lou Rodgers. Although NDIC's mandate is for domestic drug intelligence,
Horn and Rodgers racked up $164,000 in travel expenses for trips to such
non-domestic locations as Jamaica, Barbados, Paris, London, Romania, and
Hong Kong.
Now, according to the Associated
Press, Justice has finished its investigation and Horn is out of a job.
He was fired June 28. The Justice Department said the complaints
from employees at the center were warranted. "We listened to what
they said and we acted on it," said department spokesman Mark Corallo.
Horn will be replaced temporarily
by Drug Enforcement Administration international operations chief Martin
Pracht while a permanent replacement is found, the AP reported.
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Issue #345, 7/9/04
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