Very Special Agents

James Moore is the author of Official Secrets.

• CoverTitleCopyrightContentsIntroduction1. It Was in the Bleak December2. Three Detectives3. Gentlemen Don't Boast4. End of a Hundred-Year War5. New Battlefields6. New Ammunition for the Government Gun7. Attacking Terrorism8. Underworld Armorers9. "Unsolvable Crimes"10. Ladies and Gentlemen in White Coats11. The Birth of a Bureau12. Strike Force13. Significant Criminals14. Fire15. The Circus16. The Spring of '8117. A Wonderful Plan to Kill ATF18. The Un-Terrorists19. Déjà Vu20. Waco21. FalloutAfterwordA EndnotesB ATF Mission StatementC Job Description, ATF Special AgentD Sample Page: ATF Explosive Incident ReportE Special Material re FBIF Facts/History re Proposed Merger of Treasury Investigative BureausG History of ATF Name ChangesH Federal Firearms Licensed DealersI Miscellaneous Studies and StatisticsJ Value of the Gun Control Act of 1968Back Cover

"A straight-on, behind-the-scenes look at one of the most effective federal agencies, told by a veteran ATF agent with 25 years' experience chasing mobsters, contract killers, hate groups, and gun nuts. If it were a novel, it would be promoted as 'action-packed thriller,' but it's real life, folks. . . . The ATF has given invaluable assistance in helping convict members of the Mafia, KKK, and Hell's Angels, and its crime labs have helped crack the Oklahoma City and World Trade Center bombings, but you'd never know it, and all most of us can remember about them is their part in the tragedy at Waco."--Tom Elliott, The Mensa Bulletin