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Kessler, Ronald, 1943-

The secrets of the FBI - 1st ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, c2011. - 296 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Prologue -- TacOps -- Omerta -- Red dress -- Secret files -- Break-in at the Watergate -- Deep Throat -- Profiling -- Threesomes -- Mole in the CIA -- More roast beef -- Waco -- The co-director wife -- Behind Vince Foster's suicide -- Brick agent -- Catching Hanssen -- "Breach" -- Unexplained cash -- "Mueller, Homicide" -- Intelligence mind-set -- The center -- The hunt -- Armed and dangerous -- Preaching jihad -- Year of the Ponzi scheme -- Trip wires -- Yacht party -- Christmas Day -- Suitcase nuke -- CSI -- Spy swap -- Geronimo -- The biggest threat.

Draws on agent interviews about famous FBI cases to reveal the Bureau's inner workings and some of its most deeply held secrets. The FBI is involved in almost every aspect of American life. Kessler presents headline-making discoveries about the most important figures and events of our time.

ISBN: 9780307719690 (hbk.) 0307719693 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2011012179

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Official secrets--United States.

LC Class. No.: HV8144.F43 / K475 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 363.250973