[El Gato]

ATF should be dissolved and those of its staff thought fit to be retained, incorporated into the FBI.

This was one of Reagan’s unaccomplished goals.

My suspicion is his idiot Vice-President was one of the culprits involved in derailing that idea.

The main problem was that the FBI didn't want them. Nor did any other federal "Law Enforcement" agency.

[Still Thinking]

The main problem was that the FBI didn't want them. Nor did any other federal "Law Enforcement" agency.

Oh, yeah, I remember that. The FBI guys said something like "If you mix dirty water and clean water, you get dirty water". Apparently, however, the solution isn't to GET RID of the dirty water, but to concentrate it to greater dirtiness and get some more of it. D'oh!