Justice Department seeks to merge DEA and ATF as part of massive shakeup in its operation - Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives both oversee the enforce

Justice Department leadership is proposing cutting some offices and dramatically restructuring the department.

The Justice Department has proposed merging the Drug Enforcement Administration with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as part of a dramatic shift in the operations of the department’s component agencies and headquarters divisions,