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“$39,000,000 to National Drug Intelligence Center for National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC)”

Sponsor: Rep. Murtha (D-PA)  

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kerry wrote:

"Over the last few years, our annual appropriation has remained steady at approximately $40 million."

The National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) was established by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-396) signed into law on October 6, 1992. Placed under the direction and control of the Attorney General, NDIC was established to "coordinate and consolidate drug intelligence from all national security and law enforcement agencies, and produce information regarding the structure, membership, finances, communications, and activities of drug trafficking organizations."

posted October 12, 2007 at 4:04 p.m.

whatup wrote:

Unfortunately, the NDIC center was established in Johnstown, PA, over two hundred miles from Washington DC. It was unable to find people in the local communities to fill the necessary positions and as a result, people were "temporarily assigned" from Washington DC, thus creating more wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars. Locals that were hired had to travel to Washingtion to perform most of their work. Several years later the whole entire NDIC staff was duplicated in Washington DC. So the $39M is just a duplication of $39M already being spent under DOD's blanket appropriations bill.

posted November 13, 2007 at 11:51 p.m.