My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror

My FBI:

Bringing Down the Mafia,

Investigating Bill Clinton,

and Fighting the War on Terror

by Louis J. Freeh

Edition: Hardcover

Deep insight into the myth of the FBI November 24, 2005

            The book depicts the dissatisfaction of a government paid employee with his income and his obsession with criminal justice against little players with obvious disregard for civil justice or national security. Preface: Redundant praise for the men and women of the FBI and excessive bragging about his social attachment towards the people and the mission of the FBI. 

Chapter 1: "Khobar Towers". Deals with the 1996 attack of Hezbollah on the Saudi soil on the building housing the American air force enforcing the no-fly zone over Iraq. Freeh' s discovery that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard had hands in the attack was dismissed by Sandy Berger. On page 30, Freeh writes how George Tenet witnessed the frequent meeting with the White House people who plan to deceive the public by manipulating information. Chapter 2: "Only If I yell Duck!". Brags about his lack of desire to accept the job of the FBI director. Though he claims to come from Democratic family, yet was recommended for judgeship by a republican senator, which proves his lies about his lack of political partisanship. He claims to accept the job to please his parents' patriotic respect of the presidency of the country. Although he admits that Clinton planned to fire judge Bill Session for political reasons, yet he accepted his replacement without any conscionable objection, neither for the president who he does not like, nor for the unfair treatment of a fellow judge. Chapter 3: "You're Not Really College Material". Deals with his school years in New Jersey and his relations with his siblings. His community work through a Catholic school took him to Kansas and exposed him to doing good to help the poor by growing "pickles" (which he mixes up for cucumber). The chapter's title refers to the discouraging remarks of his school counselor to seek trade school since he was unfit for college. 

Chapter 4: "The FBI? You're Crazy!". In Rutgers, in 1967 during the anti-war movement and Vietnam War, Freeh was contemplating to join the FBI, which all shows his conforming, pro-government mind, and lack of understanding the value of activism and liberties. Instead of joining the anti-war movement he sought part time job with Senator Clifford P. Case that exposed him to the legal work of the FBI in Newark. Chapter 5: "The Kid's Got Nothing to Do with It". Deals with work as an FBI street agent chasing the mafia between New York and Sicily, Italy in the "Pizza Connection" case. The title refers to his dealing with of one of the mafia members by arranging his arrest such that his kids would not witness him being snatched in front of their eyes and how that humane gesture helped gaining more insight latter from that suspect. Chapter 6: "That's Moody's Bomb". His aggressive prosecution of Roy Moody for his bomb makings that killed a judge and a lawyer turned circumstantial evidence after extensive forensic investigation. Yet Moody was charged with 71 counts and sentenced to 7 life terms plus 400 years. He describes a similar attempt to convict a drug and gun dealer while the jury acquitted him because of mistrust in the government agent. Freeh overzealous bias against defendants assumes that people are guilty until proven innocent. His prosecution of the Chinese scientist form Los Alamos Wen Ho Lee ended in acquitting him after 9 months imprisonment for unsubstantiated acquisition. Chapter 7: "If Anything Happens, You Drive. I'll Shoot". Describes his life as a new FBI director who resents large security escort and prefers low profile lifestyle for the sake of easing his kids' social relations. Chapter 8: "... and the Guy's Bob Hanssen". Describes how an FBI agent commits treason by spying for the KGB for $600,000. Freeh himself whines and complains in many parts of the book on how his low government pay is forcing him to seek private employment where the real money is made. With six children born during his three decades between street agent, judgeship, and FBI director, how much money would make that man happy? In the "Afterword", in a degrading and demeaning fashion, the director kisses the rear ends of the authority figures in the MBNA Bank of America for signing his paycheck. His greed and lack of talent couldn't be separated from his dismal performance that ed to 9/11 and the war on Iraq. 

Chapter 9: "Bill and Me". Constant insults on Clinton, in a language of a street guy from Jersey City. Had Clinton followed Freeh's advices, he would have been deep in war with Iran, Syria, and Iraq with nothing to gain other than what Bush did later of creating more enemies, empowering al-Qaeda, and reneging on the spread of democracy by making friendships with the dictators of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan. Chapter 10: " 9/11". Pure lies of blaming everybody else for failure to predict 9/11 while wasting eight years chasing little criminals and destroying Bill Clinton. He claims the FBI lacked high tech when it comes to finding who was being trained on flying airplanes, even after being warned by an FBI agent from Arizona. His praise of Bush-I’s war against terrorism and Bush-I's war against Noriega in Panama, show his simplistic mind of waging wars as a solution for all problems that face America. Epilogue: Shows a loser running away from the highest responsibility of protecting national security while asking the government to grant the FBI and CIA free hands on tampering with civil liberties.