For Nine Years, DEA Withholds Names of Masked Agents Who Violently Raided Two Innocent Women. Federal Court Shrugs.

These kinds of raids are inherently violent, dangerous and volatile. The drug war also operates on dirty information—tips collected from informants, anonymous sources, even rival drug dealers. The rewards for drug cops who bust major drug operations can be significant—prestige, career advancement, seizure of money and property that goes back to the police department...When you’re conducting hundreds of raids at once, there’s less time to do the necessary follow-up, corroborating investigation and double-checking to make sure there’s probable cause for each raid and that each raid is carried out at the correct address.