DEA - Obama Presidency Oral History Back DEA Index / Organizations Transcripts Kathryn Ruemmler ...week, there was a highly—there was a DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration] rai... ...there was a highly—there was a DEA [ Drug Enforcement Administration ] raid on a marijuana store o... ...saying, “What in the world is the DEA doing? This is a dispensary that'... ...state law in California. Why is the DEA in the Obama administration going an... John Morton ...that. ICE is no exception. The FBI, DEA [Drug Enforcement Agency]—more ofte... ...would have said, “But then probably DEA , probably the Secret Service.... ...relative to, and competitiveness with, DEA around that. So there was a stron... ...Leonhart, who was then the head of DEA , and we came to an arrangement tha... James Cole ...those discussions, when and how is the DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration... ...discussions, when and how is the DEA [ Drug Enforcement Administration ] brought into those discussions abou... ...It is. We're getting our ideas—the DEA is very, very resistant to all of this... ...having rational discussions with DEA on this topic because they were just s... ...the process we went through, we told DEA about it and told them what we wer... ...they were prescribing. We were having DEA and US Attorney's Offices focus i... ...it. I know there was one instance where DEA was going after a pharmaceutica... ...saying they're trying to talk to DEA about the TRO to see if something ca... ...see if something can be worked out, and DEA wouldn't talk to them. So I called u... ...wouldn't talk to them. So I called up DEA and said, “Why won't you even talk t... Show more... Janet Napolitano ...senator. At that time, Joe was the DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration]—... ...in charge of the Tucson office of the DEA . Anyway, he and Dennis had worke... ...He was always kind of a cowboy, but DEA agents are kind of cowboys. But as h... Related Topics go to the Transparency and Media Transparency and Media go to the Labor Labor go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Black Politics Black Politics go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy