The Threat Matrix

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Based on unprecedented access to task forces and FBI bases from Budapest to Quantico, this book profiles the agents who risked their lives to combat criminals and terrorists long before the nation recognized the threat. Utilizing thousands of pages of once-secret documents and hundreds of interviews, Garrett M. Graff provides an insider's perspective on the FBI's efforts to protect America from the Munich Olympics in 1972 to the attempted Times Square bombing in 2010. The narrative reveals the agency's behind-the-scenes struggles with the CIA, the Department of Justice, and five presidential administrations over combating terrorism, balancing civil liberties, and ensuring security. It also offers an intimate look at FBI Director Robert Mueller, the only national security leader still in office from 9/11 and a pivotal figure since Hoover. Spanning over 30 years, the book examines the FBI's evolution from a domestic law enforcement agency to an international intelligence organization, with over 500 agents in more than 60 countries, addressing extremist terrorism, cyber crimes, and American suicide bombers. Brilliantly reported and suspensefully told, this work delves into the secret war against terrorism, reshaping perceptions of the FBI.