The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump
by Andrew G. McCabe
View on GoodreadsWhen you think about what the FBI protects you from, you picture mobsters and terrorists. McCabe spent two decades chasing both, and his argument is that the gravest danger now comes from inside the government, from an administration attacking the Bureau's independence and the rule of law.
Core ideas
- From the street up: He began on Russian organized crime in New York in the 1990s, then moved to counterterrorism after 9/11, including the Boston Marathon bombing.
- Inside the storm: As deputy director and briefly acting director, he had a part in the Clinton email and Clinton Foundation cases and dealt directly with Trump.
- The firing: Jeff Sessions fired him about 26 hours before his planned retirement, costing him his pension, over an inspector general's lack-of-candor finding.
Published2019
Pages282
ISBN9781250207593
ReadAug 2024
