ABSTRACT
The traditional national security agencies share blame for the lack of integration of the law enforcement agencies into United Status foreign policy. Information as well as activities relevant to United Status national security that come from law enforcement sources also often go unshared with the national security community. The most of American history, there has been a bright line on the Federal level between national security threats on the one hand and criminal threats on the other. The former were international, the latter domestic. Narcotics trafficking, most obviously, cannot possibly be combated by domestic law enforcement operations alone. The State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, despite relatively strong leadership in recent years, is still considered a bureaucratic backwater. Narcotics trafficking, most obviously, cannot possibly be combated by domestic law enforcement operations alone. The traditional national security agencies also share blame for the lack of integration of the law enforcement agencies into US foreign policy.
