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Chasing Spies" confirms that professionalism and accountability are part of the FBI's long history. The book suggests that the FBIUs request for added powers of surveillance in a time of national emergency demands careful scrutiny.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Documents from the late FBI director's secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups.

The acknowledged authority on Hoover unravels the popular charges of his homosexuality and explains why the FBI director was so interested in sex-related information, and why he failed to combat organized crime. A meticulous account of the real excesses perpetrated by the FBI under Hoover s direction. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

This book examines who in government is hiding what from the rest of us, how they're doing it, and why it matters.

This text surveys the policies of US federal intelligence agencies and presidents - notably Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Clinton - used to keep information secret. It describes some of the methods used by agencies such as the CIA, NSA, NSC and FBI to circumvent the Freedom of Information Act.

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For nearly a century, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been famous for tracking and apprehending gangsters, kidnappers, spies, and, much more recently, international terrorists. The agency itself has done much to promote its successes, helping to embellish its legendary aura. Athan Theoharis, however, contends that a closer look at the historical record reveals a much less idealized and much more disturbing vision of the FBI. Created in...

During his forty-eight years as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover scrupulously maintained secret office files and arranged for special filing procedures to safeguard "sensitive" information. None of the documents in five separate files was intended ever to be disclosed. Athan Theoharis, one of the FBI's most diligent critics, secured these materials after intensive research in FBI files using the Freedom of Infor...