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An edition of The Bureau (2002)

The Bureau

The Secret History of the FBI

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"With the FBI at the Epicenter of the war on terrorism, no institution is as critically important to America's security. No American institution is as controversial. And, after the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court, no institution is as powerful. Yet until now, no book has presented the full story of the FBI from its beginnings in 1908 to the present.".

"Kessler focuses on the agents who have made its cases and the directors who have run the bureau, from Hoover through Louis Freeh and Robert Mueller. In doing so, he probes the relationship between the FBI and American presidents, and the tension that exists between a free society and what amounts to a national police force.".

"Based on exclusive interviews - including the first interview with Mueller since his nomination - The Bureau reveals for the first time the dramatic inside story of the FBI's response to the attacks of September 11, including is investigation of the anthrax mailings. The book answers questions about the bureau's role and performance: Why did the FBI know nothing useful about al-Qaeda before the attacks?

What is really behind the FBI's more aggressive investigative approaches that have raised civil liberties concerns? What does the FBI think of improvements in airline security? How safe does the FBI think America really is?"--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
576

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Cover of: The Bureau
The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI
July 13, 2003, St. Martin's Paperbacks
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: The bureau
The bureau: the secret history of the FBI
2003, St. Martin's Paperbacks
in English - St. Martin's Paperbacks ed.
Cover of: The Bureau
The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI
May 17, 2002, St. Martin's Press
Hardcover in English - 1st edition
Cover of: The Bureau
The Bureau: Library Edition
June 2002, Blackstone Audiobooks
Audio CD in English - Unabridged edition
Cover of: The Bureau
The Bureau: Library Edition
June 2002, Blackstone Audiobooks
MP3 CD in English - MP3 CD Una edition
Cover of: The Bureau
The Bureau: Library Edition
June 2002, Blackstone Audiobooks
Audio cassette in English - Unabridged edition
Cover of: The Bureau
The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI
June 2002, Blackstone Audiobooks
Audio cassette in English - Unabridged edition

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First Sentence

"When Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte created an unnamed investigative bureau of thirty-four special agents within the Justice Department on June 29, 1908, no one could have guessed that it would grow into an agency that would involve itself in almost every facet of American life."

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
576
Dimensions
6.6 x 4.6 x 1.3 inches
Weight
9.6 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9852595M
ISBN 10
0312989776
ISBN 13
9780312989774
Library Thing
510627
Goodreads
681361

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August 12, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
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