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  The accusations were made to the ATF's internal affairs
division, which turned the matter over to the inspector
general.
  In documents reviewed by The Washington Times, Mrs.
Klipfel said Mr. Adamcik lied under oath in a deposition
March 22, 1994, during a hearing on a case in Chicago.
  The charges by Mrs. Klipfel, a former Chicago region
federal employee of the year, and her husband, a winner of
the ATF's Director's Award for heroism, date to February
1992, when both were bureau group leaders working on cases
with the Chicago Police Department.
  Mrs. Klipfel said in the documents that she witnessed two
Chicago officers stealing thousands of dollars of drug
profits from gangs during joint operations. Her husband
later made accusations about Chicago officers selling
confiscated cocaine and weapons to drug gangs.
  Mrs. Klipfel said that when she relayed those charges to
Mr. Adamcik and Mr. Vince, they ignored them. The ATF-police
task force had generated several prosecutions, and Mrs.
Klipfel said the supervisors did not want to tarnish career-
enhancing achievements.
  According to documents prepared by Mrs. Klipfel and Mr.
Casali, several cases put together by the task force had to
be scuttled before prosecution because the U.S. Attorney's
Office became aware of the police corruption.
  Mrs. Klipfel also charged that Mr. Adamcik received $1,500
worth of wood for a deck at his home, $2,000 worth of
landscaping bushes and quantities of liquor from the Chicago
officers as graft.
  And she said he made sure that most of the substantial
repair work done on ATF vehicles in Chicago was done at two
particular auto shops, in return for which he received a
free loaner car, limousine service, tickets to Cubs baseball
games and other benefits.
  Mrs. Klipfel and her husband have been charged with
misconduct by their supervisors, and administrative
procedures are under way that could lead to their firing.
  "I have been advised that I can't talk to anyone because
the matter is pending," Mrs. Klipfel said.
  They filed a lawsuit in October accused the ATF of failing
to respond to their accusations.
  "There is an ongoing case, so I'm sorry but I can't talk
about this," their attorney, David Schippers, said
yesterday.
  "If the facts were known, and it becomes necessary to
prove it. I can prove that they did absolutely nothing
wrong," he added.
  Both are 20-year bureau veterans. Mr. Casali won the ATF's
highest honor for heroism for actions during a shootout with
Miami drug dealers in which one agent was killed.
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