[ExSoldier]

Actually it was once suggested that the BATF be folded into the US Marshal's Service...and it was the Chief US Marshal who said: "Mix dirty water with clean water and what do you get? Answer: Dirty water"

I think the only reason the FBI wouldn't welcome them with open arms (after all they worked so well together at Waco) is the inherent snobbery of the FBI as being elite so that they once had to be either lawyers or accountants to be a special agent....whereas any old brutal cop with his own jack-boots can get into the ATF.

[decimon]

....whereas any old brutal cop with his own jack-boots can get into the ATF.

Thirty years ago you'd expect that opinion to come from the fringes of left or right. Your profile is that of a solid citizen. Sad state we're in.