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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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The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI
July 13, 2003, St. Martin's Paperbacks
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The bureau: the secret history of the FBI
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The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI
May 17, 2002, St. Martin's Press
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The Bureau: Library Edition
June 2002, Blackstone Audiobooks
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June 2002, Blackstone Audiobooks
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"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."
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