after five days, someone finally responded to daniel chung's call for help. he was taken immediately to the hospital. he was found to be suffering from extreme dehydration, hypothermia, kidney failure and cuts and bruises on his wrists. it took four days to nurse him back to health. now, this all occurred april, 2012. soon after i learned of it, i sent a letter to the d.e.a. administrator demanding to know what could have led to such a calamity. i asked how in a modern age of computers and surveillance cameras it was possible that an innocent person could be left for dead in a d.e.a. holding cell. i asked about the d.e.a. policies and the procedures in place to help prevent this from ever happening again, and i asked whether those responsible for what happened to mr. chong were going to be held accountable. it took the d.e.a. more than a year to respond to my questions, more than a year. in june, 2013, the d.e.a. trotted out the familiar response that we so often hear from bureaucrats when they don't want to tell you what really happened. they said at that ti