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Michele Marie Leonhart (born February 27, 1956) is an American career law enforcement officer and the former Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). After the resignation of Administrator Karen P. Tandy in the fall of 2007, Leonhart also served as Acting Administrator of the DEA. On February 2, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Leonhart for the position of DEA Administrator.
Leonhart's tenure as DEA Administrator was marked with controversy and scandals including a prostitution scandal; by the end of her service in April 2015, she was labelled "embattled" when a bipartisan group of lawmakers declared that they had no confidence in her leadership. On April 21, she conveyed to Attorney General Eric Holder that she intended to resign the following month.
Leonhart graduated from Bemidji State University in 1978 with a degree in criminal justice, and began her career in law enforcement as a patrol officer in Baltimore, Maryland before entering the DEA in late 1980 as a Special Agent. She became DEA's first female Special Agent in Charge in 1997.President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate Leonhart as Deputy Administrator on July 31, 2003, and submitted her nomination to the United States Senate on October 3, 2003. The Senate confirmed her nomination on March 8, 2004. On April 15, 2008, the White House announced that President Bush intended to nominate Leonhart to succeed Tandy as the next Administrator of DEA. Leonhart's nomination was received by the Senate the same day and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. However, the committee did not hold any hearings on Leonhart's nomination, and on January 2, 2009, the nomination was returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment at the end of the 110th Congress.
Rep. Steve Cohen (D.TN) Grills Michele Leonhart on the dangers of medical marijuana during an oversight hearing of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) -- 20-Jun-2012 ------- EDIT: A lot of comments from people pissed that Cohen was cut-off. FYI -- Here is the rest of what he was reading: "The legalization movement is not simply a harmless academic exercise. The mortal danger of thinking that marijuana is "medicine" was graphically illustrated by a story from California. In the spring of 2004, Irma Perez was "in the throes of her first experience with the drug Ecstasy ... when, after taking one Ecstasy tablet, she became ill and told friends that she felt like she was ..."going to die"... Two teenage acquaintances did not seek medical care and instead tried to get Perez to smoke marijuana...
Congressman Jared Polis questions DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart during a hearing on the agency's priorities. He repeatedly pressed the administrator on the relative health impacts of marijuana versus other drugs.
"Michele Leonhart, the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, ducked a tough line of questioning from Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) on Wednesday, refusing to answer a number of questions about the comparative health impacts of marijuana and other, harder drugs. Leonard was testifying before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Polis, a top congressional advocate for marijuana law reform, took the opportunity to grill the DEA administrator on some specifics about marijuana, which has been decriminalized in some parts of his state and legalized for medical purposes in the rest...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. *Read more here from Nick Wing at The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/michele-leonhart-dea-cr...
Leonhart responded that government employee protections make it hard for her to fire anyone. While the FBI is exempt from some civil service protections, the DEA director and other federal directors "are not allowed to invoke ourselves in the disciplinary process," she said. Leonhart insisted there is a "mechanism in place" for security reviews. Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-berates-dea-for-longtime-sexual-misconduct/
WASHINGTON -- The embattled head of the Drug Enforcement Administration will resign next month, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday. DEA chief Michele Leonhart has long clashed with the Obama administration on drug policy and recently received bipartisan criticism for her handling of the discipline of DEA agents who participated in "sex parties" with prostitutes in Colombia. In a statement, Holder said that Leonhart had told him she would depart the agency in mid-May. Holder praised Leonhart for her "extraordinary service to the DEA, to the Department of Justice and to the American people" and called DEA agents "some of the finest law enforcement officers in the world." He described Leonhart, a career drug warrior who has headed the agency since 2007, as a "good friend" and wi...
"Michele Leonhart, the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, has a message for those considering legalizing marijuana: Please, think of Fido. Testifying on the DEA budget during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, Leonhart said she expected a number of things to happen after Washington and Colorado were allowed to go forward with the legalization of marijuana last year. What she didn't anticipate was the impact on man's best friend. "There was just an article last week, and it was on pets. It was about the unanticipated or unexpected consequences of this, and how veterinarians now are seeing dogs come in, their pets come in, and being treated because they've been exposed to marijuana," Leonhart said." Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/02/dogs...
Leonhart's tenure as DEA Administrator was marked with controversy and scandals including a prostitution scandal; by the end of her service in April 2015, she was labelled "embattled" when a bipartisan group of lawmakers declared that they had no confidence in her leadership. On April 21, she conveyed to Attorney General Eric Holder that she intended to resign the following month.
Michele Leonhart, head of the DEA provides flawless testimony about just why drugs are so bad for you. Original video... almost more absurd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFgrB2Wmh5s
DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart addresses the 2012 IACP Conference in San Diego.
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Under tough questioning from Rep. Trey Gowdy, Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Michele Leonhart reiterated that she is unable to recommend removing agents involved in the 'Sex Parties' and denied knowing whether any of the prostitutes solicited by DEA agents were underage. Leonhart's response prompted a frustrated Gowdy to shout back, "You have to work with agents over whom you can't discipline and have no control. And you have no control over their security clearance. What the hell do you get to do?” Trey Gowdy Schools Professor's View on Racial Discrimination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qGrMDod4LE
US drug agency chief Leonhart to step down US Drug Enforcement Administration director Michele Leonhart is to step down following allegations that agents attended sex parties funded by cartels. Her retirement was announced by Attorney General Eric Holder. The move follows a justice department report last month alleging that drug agents attended parties with prostitutes, some funded by local drug cartels, in a foreign country. The DEA said the incidents had happened in Colombia. Correspondents say Ms Leonhart, who has run the agency since 2007, had been under pressure to resign since testifying to a congressional committee last week. Following her appearance, a majority of the committee said they had lost confidence in her. "Michele has led this distinguished agency with honour, and I have ...
Leonhart había enfrentado creciente presión para renunciar por parte del Congreso, quienes dudaron de ella. Noticiero Univision: María Elena Salinas y Jorge Ramos te informan de los principales acontecimientos en tu ciudad, en tu país y en el mundo. SUSCRIBETE!: http://bit.ly/10Tv8QF Síguenos en Twitter: http://bit.ly/16S7mpT Síguenos en Facebook: http://on.fb.me/11VpS1m Visita UVIDEOS: http://bit.ly/YlMQP2 Más noticias en: http://noticias.univision.com
DEA chief Michele Leonhart is expected to resign after a blistering report surfaced detailing widespread misbehavior among her agents. Evan Perez reports.
Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Michele Leonhart told the House Oversight Committee that she cannot fire or discipline agents for participating in sex parties with prostitutes while working in Colombia. Representative Trey Gowdy asked Leonhart what punishment she has recommended for misbehavior in the past. Ms. Leonhart told the Committee that she cannot recommend a penalty under Civil Service Law.
See the important Marijuana questioning: 1:01:48 Steve Cohen Representative for Tennessee's 9th congressional district 1:12:36 Jared Polis Representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district Also check out Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: http://www.leap.cc/ Sorry if the quality isn't best (first 10:34 minutes don't have video) they didn't make it easy to do, used camstudio.org to screen capture, and audacity for the audio: http://www.mediafire.com/?4wqnww3cichwlyb Public domain video extracted from c-span.org/Events/DEA-Administrator-Testifies-at-House-Judiciary-Oversight-Hearing/10737431736/ Washington, DC Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Drug Enforcement Administrator Michele Leonhart testifies on Capitol Hill Wednesday before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism a...
NA Poe, on federal probation for smoking pot at the Liberty Bell, running for Philadelphia City Council as a Libertarian; Part II of Fire DEA Admin Michele Leonhart; Time to Ban Balconies in Australia; music by Mammoth Salmon.
Former Maryland State Trooper George Forsythe from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; Rant: Fire DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart!; Oregon State Police bow out of anti-marijuana summit; live call in and music from Highdro.
NEW YORK, NY – U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart announce the arrests of three defendants – Joseph Manuel Hunter and Timothy Vamvakias, both citizens of the United States, and Dennis Gogel, a citizen of Germany. Hunter, Vamvakias, and Gogel arrived in the Southern District of New York and were presented in U.S. Magistrate Court. As part of the same case, Slawomir Soborski and Michael Filter, citizens of Poland and Germany, respectively, were arrested in Estonia at the request of the United States on September 25, 2013. Hunter, Vamvakias, and Gogel are charged in five separate counts with conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States; conspiracy to murder a law enforcement agent and a person assisting a law enforcement agent; conspiracy to kill a pe...
on wednesday, 25 february 2009, attorney general holder and drug enforcement administrator michele leonhart (a bush holdover) held a news conference to announce the results of "operation xcellerator," a multi-agency law enforcement effort led by the dea targeting the mexican drug trafficking cartel known as the sinaloa cartel. near the end of the news conference in the question and answer portion, a.g. holder was questioned about those controversial dea medicinal marijuana raids that occurred shortly after he took office: reporter: "on drugs policy, right after the inauguration there was some raids on california medical marijuana dispenciaries, was that a deliberate decision by you, by the justice department - the prediction of policy going forward, do you expect those sorts of r...
On October 26, 2009, a teleconference was held at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. to discuss U.S. strategy for combating Mexican drug cartels. Participating in the meeting were Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer, acting ATF Director Kenneth E. Melson, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Michele Leonhart, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Robert Mueller and the top federal prosecutors in the Southwestern border states. They decided on a strategy to identify and eliminate entire arms trafficking networks rather than low-level buyers.[3][38][39] Those at the meeting apparently did not suggest using the "gunwalking" tactic, but Phoenix ATF supervisors would soon use it in an attempt to achieve the desir...
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SF 1641, a bill authorizing the use of medical marijuana, won Senate approval Tuesday, May 6, on a 48-18 vote. Sponsored by Senator Scott Dibble, DFL-Mpls., the measure is sent to the House of Representatives, where a significantly different proposal is under consideration. Under the Senate bill, seriously ill patients would be able to access medical marijuana if they have a prescription from a doctor or a Minnesota-licensed psychiatrist. The marijuana could be used in vapor or other forms, such as a pill or oil, but it would not be legal to smoke it. The amount a patient can have in possession is limited to 2.5 ounces. Patients using medical marijuana in vapor form would not be allowed to use it in public places, similar to bans applied to smoking. The Featured Video are the final co...
Today's episode of Cronkite News focuses on birthright citizenship, marijuana legalization and progress of the football stadium renovations at Arizona State.