Obama failed to note that perhaps due to his work at the DEA, US law enforcement officials ignored testimonies from two of Headley's former wives in 2005 and 2007 that he was a member of Lashkar-e-Taibe, the India-focused Pakistani al-Qaida affiliate run by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.

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Mr Morales said that he himself had been a "victim" of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a coca growers' union leader.

BBC: President Evo Morales on 10 March 2011

In 2008, Mr Morales expelled the US ambassador and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for allegedly conspiring against his government.

BBC: Evo Morales on 1 May 2013