Senate Intelligence Chairman: Virtually All Drug Trafficking In U.S. Controlled From Federal and State Prisons

Monday, June 22, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief

(CNSNews.com) - Senate Intelligence Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D.-Calif.) said last week that she had been informed that virtually all narcotics trafficking in the United States is controlled by drug gangs operating out of federal and state prisons.

Feinstein revealed this information while questioning Atty. Gen. Eric Holder during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. In addition to serving as chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Feinstein also serves on the Judiciary Committee and as chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control.

“Recently, I had a meeting on--in the San Diego area--on the southwest border,â€