1. Drug Flow Prevention
DEA requests $4,000,000 under its Foreign-deployed Advisory Support Team (FAST) initiative in direct support of counterterrorism. These resources will be contributed towards the permanent non-personnel funding requirements of the five DEA FAST Teams now operating in Afghanistan on a rotational basis, including vehicles, weapons, ammunition, facilities, and training. FY 2007 current services resources for this initiative are 34 positions, 34 FTE, and $9,405,000; total FY 2007 resources for DEA's FAST initiative (Strategic Goals I and II) are 34 positions (27 Special Agents), 34 FTE, and $16,905,000.

2. Intelligence and National Security
DEA requests 57 positions (including 1 Special Agent and 42 Intelligence Analysts), 29 FTE, and $11,981,000 (including $2,902,000 in non-personnel funding) to enhance its ability to target and focus its Human Intelligence resources on national security issues, and to establish a set of procedures that will facilitate information sharing with the Intelligence Community (IC) and other law enforcement agencies. In recognition of the national security threat that illegal drugs pose to the United States, the contributions that DEA makes to national security, and the continued mandate for increased intelligence sharing between law enforcement and intelligence agencies, DEA is requesting resources to enhance its efforts towards national security priorities. In addition, this request will help maximize DEA’s ability to share information with IC and law enforcement partners while mitigating any associated risks to ongoing drug investigations. There are no permanent FY 2007 current services resources for this initiative.

3. Drug Flow Prevention
DEA requests 10 positions (including 6 Special Agents and 1 Intelligence Analyst), 5 FTE, and $8,817,000 (including $4,620,000 in non-personnel funding) to stem the flow of illegal drugs at their source and in transit before they can reach the arrival and distribution zones, and be dispersed to America’s cities and communities. With the Drug Flow Prevention initiative, DEA is implementing an innovative, multi-agency strategy, designed to significantly disrupt the flow of drugs, money, and chemicals between the source zones and the United States by attacking vulnerabilities in the supply, transportation systems, and financial infrastructure of major drug trafficking organizations. DEA requests $3,500,000 in non-personnel funding to establish a FAST team in the Western Hemisphere. DEA also requests 10 positions (including 6 Special Agents and 1 Intelligence Analyst) and $5,317,000 (including $1,120,000 in non-personnel funding) to enhance DEA’s enforcement operations overseas through the expansion of Operation Panama Express. There are no permanent FY 2007 current services resources for this initiative.

1. Mobile Enforcement Teams (MET)
To better support DEA's mission and fund higher priority initiatives, DEA proposes to decrease the MET program by 151 positions, (including 132 Special Agents), 149 FTE, and $30,169,000. MET teams are currently deployed on a temporary basis to assist State and Local law enforcement in areas that have been overrun with drug-related violent crime. With this reduction, DEA will have 83 positions (including 80 Special Agents), and $20,578,000 in resources (including $3,973,000 in non-personnel funding) available to support the MET program in FY 2007. The remaining resources of the MET program will prioritize investigations involving methamphetamine. FY 2007 current services resources for the MET program are 234 positions, 231 FTE, and $50,747,000.

2. Regional Enforcement Teams (RET)
DEA proposes to eliminate the RET program in FY 2007, for a total of 34 positions (including 23 Special Agents), 34 FTE, and $9,015,000. The RET Program was created in 1999 in response to the threat posed by crime syndicates that maintained established networks of compartmentalized cells to conduct their drug trafficking operations in the United States. Eliminating the RET Program will enable DEA to focus its efforts towards disrupting or dismantling Priority Targets. By targeting the drug trafficking organizations having the most significant impact on the United States, DEA will be better able to reduce the availability of illicit drugs in the United States. FY 2007 current services resources for the RET program are 34 positions, 34 FTE, and $9,015,000.

3. Demand Reduction
DEA proposes to eliminate dedicated resources for the Demand Reduction Program for a total of 40 positions (including 31 Special Agents), 40 FTE, and $9,297,000 in order to increase its focus on the supply side of drug enforcement. Currently, the Demand Reduction Program is less than one percent of DEA's budget. Eliminating the Demand Reduction Program positions will enable DEA to focus its efforts mainly on the core competency mission - supply reduction. However, DEA Special Agents will continue to participate in demand reduction activities on a collateral duty basis whenever possible. FY 2007 current services resources for the Demand Reduction program are 40 positions, 40 FTE, and $9,297,000.

1. Field Intelligence Analysts
DEA requests 33 positions, 17 FTE, and $3,363,000 to fully provide the intelligence support needed for diversion investigations. This is the second year request of the FY 2006 Diversion Intelligence Initiative. For FY 2006, DEA identified a need for 67 Intelligence Analysts for its field offices. On average, this would provide one Intelligence Analyst position to support every Diversion Group and Tactical Diversion Squad, which is approximately the same Intelligence Analyst support provided to Special Agent Enforcement Groups. To ensure adequate time to properly recruit, hire, and train new Intelligence Analysts, DEA spread its request for the 67 positions over two fiscal years. FY 2007 current services resources for this initiative are 41 positions, 22 FTE, and $9,773,000; total FY 2007 resources are 107 positions, 75 FTE, $13,137,000.