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Article: The Origins of FBI Counterintelligence.(Book review)
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- The Historian
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- September 22, 2008
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The Origins of FBI Counterintelligence. By Raymond J. Batvinis. (Lawrence, Kans.: University Press of Kansas, 2007. Pp. ix, 332. $39.95.)
After receiving his BA and MA in history, Raymond J. Batvinis joined the FBI, serving twenty-two of a twenty-five-year Bureau career in counterintelligence, including a stint in the training unit of the FBI's Intelligence Division. Following his retirement from the FBI in 1997, Batvinis earned his Ph.D. in history from Catholic University, writing his dissertation on the origins of FBI counterintelligence, the subject of the book under review.
Batvinis's interest in this topic might seem predictable; regardless, the ...