At a recent discussion about illegal drugs at the James A.Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, DEA intelligence chief for the Houston sector,Gary Hale, said one sign of progress is that the cartels are seeking other sources of income, with drugs comprising only about "What does that mean?

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

I think it is one of the things that we can be proud of, but my view is that has to be informed consent and I think one of the problems with the way the police service has operated up to now is that the discussion about tactics and strategy has been an internal discussion in the profession and I think the police service needs to be better at having that discussion with the public to whom they are accountable."

VOA: standard.2009.04.21