DEA's domestic surveillance ‘mission creep’

DEA authorized to go outside of its normal legal boundaries of drug enforcement, says Julian Zelizer .

Zelizer: DEA authorized "to enforce any federal crime committed as a result of protests over the death of George Floyd" Zelizer says the DEA has engaged in such non-drug enforcement operations nearly 30 times since 2005 .

He says the revelation should be a concern to any citizen engaged in First Amendment protected public protest activities.