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It was this guy, eliot ness, who ran the untouchables team. he went after his whole crime syndicate and eventually helped the treasury department get him on tax evasion of all things. that guy, eliot ness, was a prohibition agent. after prohibition, the bureau of prohibition became eventually the atf, alcohol, tobacco and firearms. all the fun stuff. the atf has had a long history of busting gangsters and lawbreakers of all kinds, but lately it has had a hard time doing its job. that is in part because for seven years nobody runs it. and that's for a very specific reason. seven years ago, nra-...

That guy, eliot ness, was a prohibition agent. it became eventually the atf. alcohol, tobacco and firearms. all the fun stuff. the atf has had a long history of busting gangsters and lawbreakers of all kinds, but lately it has had a hard time doing its job. that is in part because for seven years nobody runs it. and that's for a very specific reason. seven years ago, nra-backed republicans in congress put a short line item into the patriot act reauthorization. 38 words that made it so the atf would henceforth no longer automatically get a director. they would have a hard time getting one ever....