NO PROBE OF TASK FORCE

Re: "FBI apparently investigating North Texas drug task force," March 20.

Readers of this article may have incorrectly inferred that the Dallas
Division of the FBI is conducting a probe of the North Central Texas
Narcotics Task Force, which is based in Denton. The FBI normally does not
comment upon ongoing investigations, but because of the incorrect inference
that might have been drawn by your readers, we believe it necessary to
state that we have pending no investigation of the North Central Texas
Narcotics Task Force on narcotics investigations.

Though the FBI is conducting an investigation in Denton County with the
cooperation of the task force and Denton County Sheriff Weldon Lucas, we
would not want your readership to mistakenly assume that the focus of this
effort is the task force.

Edward H. Lueckenhoff

Assistant special agent in charge

FBI, Dallas