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After conducting dozens of interviews and reviewing nine field offices, the IG audit found the DEA had more than18,000 active confidential sources, with more than 9,000 of those receiving the documented payments. However, multiple policies were not in full compliance with the attorney general\u2019s Guidelines Regarding the Use of Confidential Informants, complicating DEA\u2019s efforts to manage information.<\/span><br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple instances were found where payments were made to sources &#8220;deactivated&#8221; from the program for arrest warrants or committing serious offenses. &#8220;Limited-use&#8221; sources were disproportionately paid and given direct guidance beyond what these low-supervision, independent &#8220;tipsters&#8221; (including Amtrak and TSA employees) are supposed to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Payments were made to sources who claimed the funds were needed to recruit sub-sources, but insufficient information was collected on the extent of and results from these payments. The DEA&#8217;s Intelligence Division also failed to adequately track payments to and contributions from its narcotics-related intelligence activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report made several recommendations on ways the DEA could address how to assess program risks, benefits and legalities; determine appropriate compensation and document payment justification; track source activity and consistency; safeguard tips and personally identifiable information through government-approved accounts and hardware; and evaluate the integrity and internal controls of information and policies between field offices and headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full text of the report can be viewed <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/oig.justice.gov\/reports\/2016\/a1633.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: oig.justice.gov\/reports\/2016\/a1633.pdf\">on the OIG&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DOJ Office of 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