My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror

by Louis J. Freeh

Paper Book, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

363.25092

Genres

Collection

Crime, Law Enforcement

Publication

St. Martin's Press (2005), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 352 pages

Description

A former head of the FBI describes his appointment to the Bureau, efforts to overcome under-funding and outdated technical resources, and determination to reform the FBI while protecting its freedom from political interference.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Helm

My FBI is a very well-written work that presents the viewpoint of former FBI Director Louis Freeh as witness to some of the most compelling events in recent American history. The several terrorist attacks on American targets throughout the 1990's are presented as indicators of a larger conflict

that became commonly understood only after Freeh's tenure ended. Candid views of the various investigations of President Clinton also provide details that help complete the picture when added to other accounts. Freeh is very candid with his shortcomings, and those of the FBI under his leadership. One example is the primitive state of FBI computer information systems, which made information sharing and aggregation from separate FBI offices nearly impossible. This was also noted in Never Again, written by former Attorney General John Ashcroft. Ashcroft cites My FBI as a source on more than one issue. While it is possible, and even understandable, to label the work as self-serving, it is a soundly-constructed narrative that flows well and spends just the right amount of time on each subject.

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LibraryThing member gmicksmith

`Hope, which is the property of the desperate' according to Thucydides, seems to describe Freeh's book. The sub-title of the work is revealing which I can't help but point out describes the bringing down of the Mafia but only the fighting of terror. Would that Freeh could claim the FBI brought down

terrorism but alas he did not.

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LibraryThing member carterchristian1

This FBI director, selected by Clinton, then going 2 years without seeing him remained in office until 2001,but before 2/11. He was very not satisfied with his support from Clinton, especially regarding investigating a Saudi Arabia bombing. It does not seem to have been a congenial appointment

according to this sour grapes book.

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LibraryThing member LCDavis

A little self-serving in my opinion.

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