One-third of federal agents surveyed by a government oversight agency have gotten into turf wars with other federal law enforcement agencies during the course of an investigation during the past five years. Of those who experienced disagreements, 78 percent said those disagreements negatively affected the investigation to some degree, according to a report released Monday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).The GAO randomly surveyed 315 field agents who work for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) — all components of the Justice Department. Those four agencies have overlapping jurisdiction when it comes to drugs, gang violence, firearms, explosives, arson and fugitive apprehension.
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