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The FBI: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency
by: Ronald Kessler

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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 809
EAN: 9780671786588
ISBN: 067178658X
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 624
Publication Date: October 01, 1994
Publisher: Pocket
Sales Rank: 465077
Studio: Pocket

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Product Description:
Offers a profile of the inner workings and evolving priorities of the law enforcement agency and the people who run it, including new material on recent changes made by current FBI Director Louis J. Freeh. Reprint. NYT.

Amazon.com Review:
Ronald Kessler, an investigator reporter who has worked for the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, researched deep within the FBI to produce one of the most thorough looks ever at the agency. Most of his findings focus on changes in the bureau since the days of autocratic director J. Edgar Hoover. He also shows how the FBI solved such cases as the World Trade Center bombing, covered up internal problems, and instituted many technological changes in criminal investigations.Kessler's research raised questions that played a role in the eventual removal from office of director William Sessions; events that reflect Kessler's investigative knowledge of the FBI.

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- Great info, bad presentation.
Although very informative with lots of facts I had not previously heard, the presentation is scattered. Kessler jumps around a bit and often spends too much time making a single point with multiple examples, rather then providing any real depth into one case. Ultimately a good read, but the lack of structure doesn't make it a page turner.

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- Excellent insider account of the agency
The FBI is one of the most respected yet least understood agencies in the federal government. Given it is frequently misunderstood, this is an excellent book to inform the public about the FBI's history, the good and the bad.

The book focuses on an important concept, and that is the difference between the occupant of a position in the government, and the position itself. While past directors of the FBI may have had questionable integrity (Hoover, Sessions), this does not cast a negative light on the institution itself. People are corrupt, not institutions. No one is above the law, and yes, the author makes a good point that everyone who works for the FBI should be subject to the same rules and regulations that any common citizen does. That means off-duty speedy FBI agents must be subject to the same traffic rules as anyone else. No one is above the law, not even the president, as Mr. Clinton learned.
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- A Must Read
If you want to know about what the FBI does, this is a must read. Ronald Kessler is an award-winning journalist and he does an excellent job of taking the reader inside the most powerful law enforcement agency on earth.

Kessler was granted extraordinary access to the FBI and he does a masterful job of revealing the way the FBI works. Forget what you see on television and in movies; this book provides a real look at this cryptic agency.

Some of the findings during Kessler's "investigation" even led to the dismissal of FBI Director William S. Sessions.

Though this book was published in 1993, I feel it is a must read for anybody who wants insight into the real FBI. It is also a great book for potential FBI candidates.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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- Interesting read
I am impressed with "The FBI: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency." Kessler explains the workings of the FBI in great detail. He stays on track most of the time, although rambles now and then. His story is very intersting.

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