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Inside the Modern FBI: The Bureau

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This book does a great job of looking into the FBI and discusses major cases in many areas of crime such as organized crime, violent crime, white collar crime, etc. He also gives a look at the FBI training acadamy in Quantico. He describes both sides of the story as he discusses Hoover's FBI and the modern FBI. A great book if you are looking for insight into the greatest law enforcement agency in the world.

Jeffreys does an excellent job describing a complicated and secretive organization. He does not spend as much time on Hoover himself as on the modern Bureau. He is fair, ascribing blame and criticizing policies and efforts when necessary, but also extolling the overall effectiveness of the FBI. The FBI is the most powerful and effective law enforcement agency in the world, and this must not be forgotten, even if one can look at some of its recent past and find fault in its management or political intrigues. The book is dated: its most recent event described is the Waco incident. It would be interesting to read a sequel with the Oklahoma City bombing and the TWA disaster, describing the intricacies of the FBI's investigations and the human interest stories of agents unravelling trails of evidence and dealing with tragedy and death. I am glad to have read this book. It has given me insight to an organization I highly value.

This book seems to have been written by an FBI public relations man. He does nothing to expose the fraud in the FBI crime lab, the murdering FBI sniper who killed an unarmed Idaho woman while she was holding her baby, or that burned down a church in Texas, killing 80 people in the process.