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Episode: #309 From Guns to Tobacco: An Inside Look at the ATF with FBI Agent Donald Soranno
Description: The interview is with FBI Agent Donald Soranno, who has spent more than 26 years as a special agent in the ATF, which stands for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The ATF originally started as an agency responsible for the collection of taxes on tobacco manufacturers, alcohol manufacturers, and the regulation of the firearms industry. Over time, the agency also started actual criminal investigations, and after 9/11, it added explosives to its name, focusing on the criminal use of explosive devices, while the FBI focused on the terrorist use of explosive devices. Soranno discusses how the agency is...