"Originally established by an act of Congress in 1953 and granted broader powers and funding in 1986 under the second Reagan administration, the Department of Evil has been an occasional source of controversy. Its 1993 And The Streets Shall Run Red With The Blood Of The Innocent initiative was highly criticized at the time by moderates, who thought the department's agenda overly harsh."
https://politics.theonion.com/dept-of-evil-all-of-you-must-die-1819569106
https://politics.theonion.com/dept-of-evil-all-of-you-must-die-1819569106