FOIA
TWO FOLD - BNDD (DEA)
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
0005361045
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
U
Document Page Count:
3
Document Creation Date:
June 23, 2015
Document Release Date:
February 18, 2010
Sequence Number:
Case Number:
F-2007-01866
Publication Date:
May 10, 1975
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Body:
10 May 1975
Memo to file
from
Subject: Two Fold - BNDD (DEA)
The CIA,
(b)(1)
(b)(3)
(b)(7)(c)
carried on a domestic operation as a cooperative
effort with the BNDD to build an internal security force
for the BNDD and to place secret agents within the United
States for purposes of law enforcement in the area of
narcotics.
The operation began in late 1970 when the Director
of the BNDD asked Director Helms for assistance in
building a counterintelligence capacity within the BNDD.
The request from the BNDD to the CIA was supported by
Attorney General. John Mitchell. The BNDD was vitally
concerned that some of its
and possibly in the employ
employees were corrupted
of drug traffickers.
The BNDD, according to didn't have the "know how"
to set up a covert operation and establish a counter-
intelligence unit and turned to the CIA for assistance.
The CIA recruited counterintelligence officers
for the BNDD through a proprietary corporation set up
by the CIA.
APPROVED FOR
RELEASE^DATE:
05-Feb-2010
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