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Retired ATF Official Bernie La Forest Authors Crime Novel
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Bernie La Forest had a rich career with ATF. He headed up offices in Kansas City, Detroit, Phoenix and Los Angeles and saw plenty guns, drugs, killers, con men and intrigue. But one reality he learned over the years was that law enforcement agencies didn’t always get along. It…