From China to the South Pacific, from East Berlin to Arkansas, I.C. Smith is one of the FBI's most storied figures.
In this riveting new book about the Bureau, Smith brings a fresh, insider's perspective on the FBI's most well known triumphs and failures of the past three decades. Robert Hannsen. Morris and Eva childs. Larry Wu-Tai Chin. Aldrich Ames. Smith offers unique insights into how these monumental investigations were handled, or often mishandled, in alarming detail. He also confronts head-on the string of errors inside the FBIin management and in the fieldthat directly led to the attacks of September 11th.
Filled with startling new information, including more than seventy never-before-published findings, Smith tracks his incredible rise from street agent in St. Louis to special agent in charge of Arkansaswhere he took on the corrupt political system that produced President Bill Clinton.
From China to the South Pacific, from East Berlin to Arkansas, I.C. Smith is one of the FBI's most storied figures.
In this riveting new book about the Bureau, Smith brings a fresh, insider's perspective on the FBI's most well known triumphs and failures of the past three decades. Robert Hannsen. Morris and Eva childs. Larry Wu-Tai Chin. Aldrich Ames. Smith offers unique insights into how these monumental investigations were handled, or often mishandled, in alarming detail. He also confronts head-on the string of errors inside the FBIin management and in the fieldthat directly led to the attacks of September 11th.
Filled with startling new information, including more than seventy never-before-published findings, Smith tracks his incredible rise from street agent in St. Louis to special agent in charge of Arkansaswhere he took on the corrupt political system that produced President Bill Clinton.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781595553331 |
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Publisher: | Nelson, Thomas, Inc. |
Publication date: | 08/24/2009 |
Pages: | 410 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d) |