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050 00 $aKF5107$b.B87 1996
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100 1 $aBurnham, David,$d1933-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83074040
245 10 $aAbove the law :$bsecret deals, political fixes, and other misadventures of the U.S. Department of Justice /$cDavid Burnham.
260 $aNew York :$bScribner,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $a444 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"A Lisa Drew book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 421-429) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tLaw, Order and Politics: The Working of the United States Justice Department --$g2.$tBeyond the Fringe --$g3.$tSeven Bad Ways to Run an Agency --$g4.$tThe Numbers Game --$g5.$tKeeping Track of the American People: The Unblinking Eye and Giant Ear --$g6.$tThe Justice Department's Big, Bad, Dumb War on Drugs --$g7.$tCorporate Enforcement? --$g8.$tUncivil Wrongs and Civil Rights --$g9.$tIn the Name of National Security --$g10.$tTaking on the Ethically Challenged --$g11.$tThe Case of the Sleeping Watchdogs.
520 $aThe United States Justice Department - which includes the FBI, the DEA, the INS and more than 100,000 employees - functions as the law enforcer, prosecutor and jailer of America's citizens.
520 8 $aThe department's legal reach is vast, extending to social controversies of race, religion and economics as well as to thousands of criminal and civil laws, including espionage; mail fraud; corruption; racketeering; vote-fixing pollution; computer crimes; adulterated food and drugs; price-fixing; tax fraud, gambling; forgery; and the sale, manufacture or possession of illicit drugs. The department, then, and the attorney general, make decisions daily that affect every American citizen.
520 8 $aBut who monitors the Justice Department and its pervasive dealings?
520 8 $aIn Above the Law, David Burnham reveals the chilling truth about this powerful arm of the government. Examining its record on such issues as drug enforcement, civil rights and national security, Burnham discovered that the agency runs virtually unpoliced, even after the BCCI scandal, the forcible abduction of deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega and the disastrous mission at Waco.
520 8 $aFor the first time, David Burnham conducts a thorough investigation of the investigator, exposing the Justice Department as never before.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDepartment of Justice.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79038419
650 0 $aMisconduct in office$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107850
650 0 $aPolitical corruption$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85033059
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