{
  "id": 1584144,
  "title": "Justice Department watchdog to review DEA tactic that permitted deadly fentanyl to hit streets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/justice-department-watchdog-to-review-dea-tactic-that-permitted-1584144",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T22:46:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/justice-department-watchdog-to-review-dea-tactic-that-permitted-deadly-fentanyl-to-hit-streets"
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  "summary": "The review will examine government policies and wiretap investigations in which the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration may have learned of fentanyl deliveries before they happened but stood down to avoid jeopardizing larger prosecutions.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Justice Department watchdog to review DEA tactic that permitted deadly fentanyl to hit streets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/justice-department-watchdog-to-review-dea-tactic-that-permitted",
        "published": "2026-08-17T16:19:28.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}