Very Special Agents: The Inside Story of America's Most Controversial Law Enforcement Agency--The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and FirearmsUniversity of Illinois Press, 2001 M08 10 - 384 páginas When James Moore joined the ATF in 1960, it was an arm of the Internal Revenue Service with one job: to catch the Mafia bootleggers whose distilleries cheated Uncle Sam of millions in tax revenue. During his twenty-five years of service, Moore saw the organization shift to enforcing of gun laws, be reborn as a separate bureau, and take on bombings and arson cases that most law officers wrote off as impossible to solve. Moore's personal, from-the-hip history spans the long-running war against dons and drug dealers and covers agents' daring infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan, Hell's Angels, and other violent groups. He reveals the cutting-edge forensics work that helped crack the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City bombings and also provides an insider account of the raid on the Branch Davidians at Waco. Finally, Moore discusses the ATF's rivalry with the FBI and the political power games that impede the government's ability to fight crime. |
Contenido
It Was in the Bleak December | 1 |
Three Detectives | 16 |
Gentlemen Dont Boast | 31 |
End of a HundredYear War | 51 |
New Battlefields | 65 |
New Ammunition for the Government Gun | 79 |
Attacking Terrorism | 93 |
Underworld Armorers | 108 |
Ladies and Gentlemen in White Coats | 134 |
The Birth of a Bureau | 142 |
Strike Force | 154 |
A Endnotes | 325 |
B ATF Mission Statement | 351 |
E Special Material re FBI | 359 |
F FactsHistory re Proposed Merger | 366 |
G History of ATF Name Changes | 372 |
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Very Special Agents: The Inside Story of America's Most Controversial Law ... Jim Moore Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
Very Special Agents: The Inside Story of America's Most Controversial Law ... Jim Moore Vista de fragmentos - 2001 |
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How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate Catherine Wessinger Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |