McVeigh's criterion for potential attack sites was that the target should house at least two of three federal law-enforcement agencies: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ), or the Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ).

The nine-story building, built in 1977, was named for a federal judge and housed fourteen federal agencies including the DEA, ATF, Social Security Administration, and recruiting offices for the Army and Marine Corps.

In 2004, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ), United States Department of Justice ( DOJ ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ( ATF ), and Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) wanted to expand CALEA requirements to VoIP service .”

Originally CALEA only granted the ability to wiretap digital telephone networks, but in 2004, the United States Department of Justice ( DOJ ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ( ATF ), Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ), and Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) filed a joint petition with the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) to expand their powers to include the ability to monitor VoIP and broadband internet communications -- so that they could monitor Web traffic as well as phone calls.

The organization works undercover by contacting and gathering members across the wide range of U. S. government agencies like the FBI, ATF, CDC, and DEA.

The name " Branch Davidian " is most widely known for the Waco Siege of 1993 on their property ( known as the Mount Carmel Center ) near Waco, Texas, by the ATF, FBI, and Texas National Guard, which resulted in the deaths of their leader, David Koresh, as well as 82 other Branch Davidians and four ATF agents.

They expressed anger at the federal government's handling of the 1992 Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) standoff with Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge as well as the Waco Siege — a 1993 51-day standoff between the FBI and Branch Davidian members which began with a botched ATF attempt to execute a search warrant leading to a fire fight ( it is unknown whether ATF agents or Branch Davidians fired the first shot ) and ended with the burning and shooting deaths of David Koresh and 75 others.

During the 1993 Waco Siege of the Branch Davidians, elements of the Alabama and Texas Army National Guard were called in to assist the ATF and the follow on effort by the FBI ; the National Guard's involvement was limited to several specific areas ; surveillance and reconnaissance, transport, maintenance and repairs, training and instruction, helicopters, unarmed tactical ground vehicles.

Many of the agency's missions were later taken over by subsequent agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ), Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ), and Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ).

During the Waco Siege, the FBI and ATF conducted psychological operations on the men, women and children inside the Mount Carmel complex.

But when he arrived, Genovese was surprised by local police, the FBI and the ATF.

Despite the seizure of his computer equipment ; searches of his business, person, and home ; grand jury investigations ; FBI and ATF questioning ; facing years in prison and hundreds of death threats ; he did not reveal the identities of members of the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front movements.

The history of ATF can be subsequently traced to the time of the revenuers or " revenoors " and the Bureau of Prohibition, which was formed as a unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in 1920, was made an independent agency within the Treasury Department in 1927, was transferred to the Justice Department in 1930, and became, briefly, a division of the FBI in 1933.

On April 19, 1993, Nichols was watching TV with McVeigh at the Nichols ' farmhouse in Michigan when the ATF, Army and FBI attacked the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.

At the subsequent federal criminal trial of Weaver and Harris, Weaver's attorney Gerry Spence made accusations of " criminal wrongdoing " against every agency involved in the incident: the FBI, USMS, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ), and the United States Attorney ( USAO ) for Idaho.

Following the repeal of Prohibition in December 1933, the Alcohol Beverage Unit was removed from the FBI and the Justice Department, and returned to Treasury, where, coming full circle, it became the Alcohol Tax Unit of the IRS, ultimately evolving into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms ( ATF ).

All other federal agencies, such as the FBI, ATF, USSS, and DOD components, will report to the DSS agent in charge.

In 1994, some employees of Norinco came under federal investigation from both the FBI as well as the ATF after a successful sting dubbed " Operation Dragon Fire.

Officer Andolsek cultivated the informant and made contact with the ATF and the FBI.

Agencies such as the ATF and the FBI have used the facility for complex training relating to overseas counter terrorism and asset protection training.

Ammerman's report concludes that neither the ATF nor the FBI took David Koresh seriously as a religious man, but rather adopted the " anti-cult " point of view of deprogrammer Rick Ross.

Many new hires were agents from other federal agencies, such as the U. S. Border Patrol, U. S. Housing and Urban Development Office of the Inspector General ( OIG ), Drug Enforcement Administration, U. S. Postal Inspection Service, ATF, IRS CID, and many others.

Illustrations of the ATF headquarters can be found at http :// www. loopnet. com / xNet / MainSite / Listing / Profile / ProfileSE. aspx? LID = 15025032 & linkcode = 10850 & sourcecode = 1lww2t006a00001.

The Daisy V / L Rifle system was discontinued in 1969 after the ATF ruled that it was not an airgun, but a firearm, which Daisy was not licensed to produce.

Because of the added weight for thrust vectoring / reversing nozzles and related systems on the F-15 S / MTD research aircraft, the Air Force changed the runway length requirement to and removed the thrust reversers on the ATF in late 1987.

* Alfred " Paul " Metz, chief test pilot of the Northrop / McDonnell Douglas Advanced Tactical Fighter YF-23A Black Widow II, receiving the Iven C. Kincheloe Award for his work on the ATF, and later chief test pilot of the first Lockheed / Boeing / General Dynamics F-22 Raptor ( Raptor 4001 ), piloting the first flight of each.

In 2005, Michael Bouchard, Assistant Director / Field Operations of ATF, estimated that 5, 000 gun shows take place each year in the United States.

In 1986 foundry was sold off to Kingsley Machines, a maker of foil-stamping type, and the merged company was renamed Kingsley / ATF.

Cleland ’ s border designs ) were ever issued before Kingsley / ATF sought bankruptcy protection in 1993.

Meanwhile, Honnor believed the mortar attack on Nui Dat on 16 / 17 August had actually been used by the Viet Cong to register targets and that D Company had subsequently stumbled across the communist force as it was preparing to launch an assault on the 1 ATF base two days later, with the encounter battle that ensued preventing this from occurring.

* Mandatory Frequency / ATF: North Bay Radio / Traffic, 118. 3 MHz ( VDF no longer available as of 1 January 2008 )

* Unicom / ATF: Smiths Falls Unicom / Traffic, 122. 7 MHz

* Unicom / ATF: Elliot Lake Unicom / Traffic 123. 0 MHz

* Communications: Unicom / ATF: Burlington Unicom / Traffic, 123. 5 MHz

The basic version of the IdZ system has already been integrated in some military vehicles, such as the ATF Dingo, Mungo ESK, TPz Fuchs and BV 206 D / S.

Most of the Department's law enforcement agencies such as the U. S. Customs Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ), and the U. S. Secret Service were reassigned to other Departments in 2003 in conjunction with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.

Effective January 24, 2003, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ( ATF ), which had been a bureau of the Department since 1972, was extensively reorganized under the provisions of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

On January 24, 2003, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( the Act ) split functions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ( ATF ), into two new organizations with separate functions.

In addition to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the law shifted ATF from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Justice.

The books are integrated into the main Columbia collection, but there is an archive of ATF materials as well in Columbia's special collections.

This leads to a run-in with two ATF agents, Tony and Paul, who are gay and in a relationship with each other.

Category: ATF agents

On April 27, the group, including three ATF agents, met at the predetermined location, loaded the van and proceeded to the marina.

Weaver was then approached by ATF agents and told that they had evidence of his possession and sale of illegal weapons, and offered to drop the charges in return for his co-operation in infiltrating the Aryan Nations.

He was initially arrested by ATF agents on charges relating to transfer of a short-barreled shotgun without a license in January 1991.

In early 2009, Morris said: " Those crazies in Montana who say, ' We're going to kill ATF agents because the U. N .' s going to take over '?

During a search by the ATF of the Stewart Residence, agents discovered thirty-one firearms, including five machine guns which Stewart had machined and assembled.

The entire episode is an obvious spoof on the 1993 Waco Siege between federal agents ( ATF and FBI ) and cult leader David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas.

The ATF positioned around 300 federal agents in Elijah.

However, the ATF agents took advantage of Elijah being a common destination for anglers, the agents pretended to be fishermen and registered at different motels near the various fishing destinations.

# Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ) agents

A major shift in the novel's plot occurs when Henry finds corrupt ATF agents framing Allen, himself, and another firearms dealer.

Several years later, Blair and subordinate agents of the ATF plan to frame Henry and his friends as terrorists, smugglers, and counterfeiters.

Bowman and his closest friends begin to systematically kill ATF agents around the nation-whom Bowman views as supporting the infringement of citizen's constitutional rights, and abusing government powers-as well as politicians who had supported unconstitutional gun control legislation.

Simultaneously Bowman releases the video tape of Blair to CNN, which claims that Blair and his companions have had a change of heart, realize what they are doing is wrong, and are now dedicated to killing other ATF agents.

Logan is concerned about retrieving the data, while Lipan does her best to save the militia and her fellow ATF agents from the NSA agents.

In 2000, Ross had his lawyer write a letter to the ATF claiming that their agents harassed him for writing his book, threatened vendors for selling his book and approached his " amicably separated " wife to elicit information against him.