First published 2019
Andrew McCabe built his FBI career from street agent to deputy director over two decades. He specialized in Russian organized crime and terrorism investigations under three directors. McCabe led probes into the Boston Marathon bombing, subway bombing plots, and aircraft attack attempts. He handled controversial cases involving Benghazi, the Clinton Foundation, and Hillary Clinton's private email server. Trump fired McCabe just 26 hours before his scheduled retirement in March 2018. The president celebrated the dismissal on Twitter. McCabe argues that America now faces its greatest threat from within as Trump attacks democratic institutions and ignores constitutional law. He defends the FBI's integrity and independence while recounting the tumultuous period between Trump's 2016 election and his own dismissal. McCabe presents his account of how the bureau transformed its mission to prevent terrorist attacks while maintaining its core values.
Genres: american, crime, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, current-affairs
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: memoir, whistleblower
Setting: Benghazi, Boston, Russia, United States
Period: 2016 Election, 2018
274 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press