21.   That may be true, said former ATF assistant director Bob Sanders, but he accused the agency of being the least likely to correct its mistakes.

22.   The agency had been accused of knowingly hiring paid informers among Guatemalan military officers suspected in political killings.

23.   The Daises accused the agency of leaving Sharmaine in foster care far too long for the sake of the money the city paid them.

24.   The decision swept away years of lower court rulings that said state government was immune from civil suits accusing state agencies of breaching state constitutional protections.

25.   The report was commissioned after Rep. Robert Torricelli accused the agency of indirect involvement in the disappearance of the husband of an American citizen, Jennifer Harbury.

26.   The spy agency was accused of widespread sexual bias and harassment in its clandestine operations unit.

27.   They accused the agency of using the layoffs to thwart a union drive that has been going on since last summer.

28.   They accuse the agency of standing aside as companies manipulate their way to windfall profits.

29.   Tuesday, an advocacy group, the Association for Children of New Jersey, accused the agency of failing to adequately investigate reports of abuse.

30.   Under Wahid, the agency was accused of pushing through deals that favored politically connected business people.