Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Organization in Government
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Shawn Ryan Show. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Chris BaylessRetired ATF special agent who spent most of a 30-year career undercover, now an ATF Academy instructor
Bayless says the ATF has never grown beyond roughly 2,300 agents, attributing this to its status as a political football.
“I think we had maybe 2,300 agents around the country at that point at the most, and we still don't have pretty much any more than 2,300 agents”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent Gangs (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 25:21
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- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
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#304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent GangsThe Shawn Ryan Show · May 14, 2026 · 4 h 2 min
Retired ATF undercover agent Chris Bayless tells Shawn Ryan about infiltrating biker gangs, stash house stings, RICO cases, his PTSD, and his friendship with Mel Chancey.