The Nation : DEA Tightens Security

The Drug Enforcement Agency said security has been tightened at its headquarters in Washington, and a large truck, presumably to ward off terrorist attacks, has appeared in front of the building. The New York Daily News reported that Colombian drug traffickers have threatened to blow up the building in retaliation against U.S. efforts to extradite alleged drug kingpins from the South American nation. Charles Hill, agency spokesman, acknowledged the tighter security but denied that there have been bomb threats against the DEA.