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Congressman Pushes Bill to Rename ATF Headquarters After Slain Agent Ariel Rios

allan9 years ago9 years ago04 mins

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Congressman André Carson from Indiana hopes history repeats itself. The Congressman has introduced a bill to name ATF headquarters at 99 New York Avenue NE in Washington as the Ariel Rios Federal Building. ATF agent Rios, 28, was murdered by drug traffickers in Miami in 1982 while assigned to then Vice President George Bush’s…

Naming of New ATF Headquarters Causing Heated Debate

allan11 years ago11 years ago02 mins

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ugly debate is brewing over the naming of the glassy new ATF headquarters in Washington D.C. The Los Angeles Times reports that many people aren’t happy with the Senate’s decision to name the new building after famous federal agent Eliot Ness, who helped bring down Al Capone. Opponents of the new name…