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Article: Freeh ride: in his memoirs, the former FBI director tries to explain away the disasters on his watch.(On Political Books)(My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror)(Book Review)
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- The Washington Monthly
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- March 1, 2006
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My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror By Louis J. Freeh St. Martin's Press, $25.95
Louis Freeh's My FBI is a time warp back to those happy pre-9/11 when, as far as anyone knew, all was well at the Bureau. The trouble is, not all was well. But you won't find that out here in Mr. Freeh's memoirs, in which any mistakes his Bureau made are all laid at the door of Bill Clinton's White House.
It was easy to get Louis Freeh's FBI wrong. While he was in charge from 1993 to 2001, you went to the Quantico FBI Academy, to the Washington headquarters, to the field offices, and all you saw was talent: ...