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The last line of defense for our institutions, and our democracy Inspectors general may be the most important public servants you’ve never heard of. In Watchdogs, Glenn Fine—who served as the inspector general of the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 and the acting inspector general of the Department of Defense from 2016 to 2020—explains why all Americans should be familiar with this critical pillar of our democracy. Drawing on his own experiences in numerous high-profile investigations over two decades, from 9/11 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Fine provides a fascinating insider’s view of government at the highest levels, illuminating how federal officials spend our tax ...
The FBI¿s mission is to ¿protect and defend the U.S. against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats; uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the U.S.; and provide leadership and criminal justice services to fed., state, municipal, and international agencies and partners.¿ The FBI has defined the actions that violate its standards of conduct and hinder the performance of the FBI¿s mission. In addition, the FBI has identified the range of discipline it may impose when an employee deviates from these standards and commits misconduct. This review examines the FBI¿s investigations of allegations of misconduct against FBI employees and assesses whether the FBI imposed consistent, reasonable, and timely discipline for misconduct. Tables.
In 2007, the Dept. of Justice (DoJ) issued its first report on the FBI¿s use of national security letters (NSL). It described the use and effectiveness of NSLs, incl. ¿any illegal and improper use,¿ in calendar years 2003-05. In 2008, the second report assessed the corrective actions the FBI had taken in response to the 1st report. This 3rd report describes the results of the DoJ invest. of the FBI¿s use of exigent letters and other informal requests (ELR), instead of NSLs or other legal process, to obtain telephone records from employees of 3 commun. service providers. This invest. examines the extent of the FBI¿s use of ELR for such info., as well as to assess the accountability of FBI employees and supervisors who were responsible for these practices. Illus.
An unclassified report by five Inspectors General (IGs) on the ¿unprecedented collection activities¿ by U.S. intell. agencies after the 9/11 terror attacks. The IGs include: Glenn Fine, Dept. of Justice; Gordon Heddell, DoD; Patricia Lewis, CIA; George Ellard, NSA; and Roslyn Mazer, Office of the Dir. of Nat. Intell. This unclassified report on the President's Surveillance Program (PSP) summarizes the results of their reviews. Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) Inception of the PSP; (3) Implementation of the PSP; (4) Legal Assessment of the PSP; (5) Transition of Certain Program Activities to Foreign Intell. Surveillance Court Orders; (6) Impact of the PSP on Intell. Community Counterterrorism Efforts; (7) Public Statements about the PSP; (8) Conclusion.
The FBI and the ATF share jurisdiction for investigating fed. explosive crimes. These components have historically developed separate and often conflicting approaches to explosives investigations and related activities such as explosives training, info. sharing, and forensic analysis. This report examines the FBI¿s and ATF¿s operations of explosives-related activities from FY 2003 through April 2009. It evaluated the coordination between the FBI and ATF in explosive investigations, incl. the effectiveness of explosive incident protocols to determine lead agency jurisdiction, the extent of info. sharing and consolidation of explosives data, the degree of training coordination, and the use of lab. resources for explosives analysis. Charts and tables.