U.S. PROBES AGENTS NAMED BY MEXICAN DRUG SUSPECT

WASHINGTON — The United States has begun an
investigation into why the names and telephone numbers of three of its
agents were listed in the notebook of a suspected Mexican drug
trafficker, the Justice Department said Thursday.

"We are looking at those agents,'' Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder
told a news conference.

The notebook contained the names of U.S. agents from the FBI, the Drug
Enforcement Administration and the Customs Service, plus a number of
Mexican federal law enforcement officers, including members of an
elite anti-drug unit.

The names were found on documents seized during a raid in June on the
suspected drug trafficker's operation in the Mexican resort city of
Cancun.

Asked if the U.S. agents would have to take lie-detector tests like
the Mexican agents did, Holder replied, "It is my expectation that we
would treat them the same way we treat our Mexican partners.''

Checked-by: Patrick Henry