Not surprised at all. This has been the intent of Mr Jones since he arrived at ATF. I know we have been here before and as an agency have fought off the idea, albeit with help from the NRA who is scared of the other Justice Department agencies. With a history of mismanagement, sexual harassment, scandals, preferential promotion etc, the hard working street agents have been painted with the same broad brush as management. Maybe, just maybe, this is an opportunity to become the ATF Enforcement Unit of the FBI and finally have a working management system. I know they are not perfect, but they have congressional support, public support and no funding issues. ATF Agents deserve better than they are getting under the current leadership. I do not want to disparage the good leaders we have, but they are stuck in a bad system. A change may be the best way for the real workers to be recognized and allowed to do the job the right way, and at the same time weed out the bad leaders and non-working agents. I am not sure if this is the right solution and I may be trying to convince myself that it is. Just a thought.

Is anyone else tired of hearing the Director state that he was chosen by the President to put Humpty Dumpty back together?

Referring to ATF as Humpty Dumpty is demeaning and his statement is self aggrandizing.