The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI,   ISBN:9780312989774

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02/18/10

Stultified is Kessler, as well as any person that perceives this book as an accurate reflection of the history of the FBI.

I am FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Associate Director Clyde Tolson and Deputy Director W. Mark Felt daughter, and was directed to flush out Skull & Bones, the Illuminati in the executive branch of the United States and to the FBI, and that is what I have done. I can not affirm or deny at this juncture, the honor of the current director of the FBI, Richard Mueller III or Assistant Director, Steve Martinez but I can trace Skull & Bones influence to presidents of the United States (since Lincoln), the creation of the United Nations (the P5), NATO, abuse of nuclear energy and the assassinations of: Carl Von Clausewitz, Abraham Lincoln, John and Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Father Kaiser, Jeffrey Solo, Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed.

PIS is the reason for wars (i.e. the Civil War, WWI & II, Vietnam, Cold War, etc) and by the Ottoman Empire (Skull & Bones/ the Illuminati), the state of the economy (depression), the claim by Hillary Clinton of a nuclear arms race, the Health Care Bill of 2010 (living research) and America's acceptance of public murders; it is a reflection of the public and a view of their own, "self worth."

The public has chosen to believe in a fantasy of logic, not only by the CIA but also Dan Pederson, Julie Foudy, Hillary Clinton, Paul Volcker, Timothy Geithner, Robert Gates, Susan Rice (Time Inc.), Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, Lois Capps and Barack Obama.

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To bring the story to America, I've contacted not only the FBI but also, the Wachowski Brothers (the movie "The Matrix") and Lady Gaga ("Bad Romance"), as it is a story for a movie and music (sounds and movement in instinct, and in the arms of a woman); a kind of Woodstock with electric instruments, and drums.

August 19 of 1970 is a story of "fire" (integrity, care & concern, respect), that is yet to be told and the family I have always identified with; Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Mr. Clyde Tolson, Mr. W. Mark Felt, Mrs. Audrey and Ms. Joan Felt. They risked their lives and pecuniary means to set America and the people of (5) nations, free.

The beginning is always of "fire";

Very Respectfully,
Kali Hoover Tolson Felt Zulu, FBI lone ranger agent

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I learned some things about the FBI. Out all the books I have read The USSS is the one I have respect for. This book covered the history well.

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Biggest problem being the resources he failed to use. I felt more accurate information on VENONA and other topics is readily available in the mass market. This amounts to "pop" non-fiction and is not to be taken too seriously. I don't doubt that Kessler managed to get some of his juicy 'tell all' items correct, but what percentage? Save your money.

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Ronald Kessler is a wonderful author for what he does but he has a habit of selecting fairly misleading titles and The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI follows this trend in both body and mind. The title conjures images of newly declassified documents and insightful antidotes from tenured Special Agents and analysts alike; in reality what you are given is quite different. A very detailed and organized history of the FBI from its conception as an off shot of the Justice Department (which it technically still is) to the law enforcement and intelligence agency it is today. Now having read Kessler's other books I was prepared for this however if you haven't it will be what throws you most dramatically and as such is something that any new reader should be aware of. That having been said the book does play a central role for anyone interested in the FBI, providing not only a detailed understanding of its past but also varied insights into the minds and actions of the Directors that have helped to shape the agency over its 101 years in existence. Incidentally the most recent directors comprise the majority of the people interviewed by Kessler for his book and as a result skewer the information slightly, it is only further skewered by the authors own experiences with various Directors (for better or worse) and this shows up in numerous forms throughout the text. Still the book delves into the organization, values, history, and structure of the FBI in a way that few texts have been able to and because of this I would recommend it to anyone interested in studying the FBI.

On a side not if you have already read Kessler's previous book on the FBI entitled The FBI: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency then you have essentially read this book up until the last one hundred pages or so which cover the time between the two texts and introduce some of the changes which occurred in the Bureau following 9/11. If you fall into this category(as I did) then learn from my mistakes and check the book out from the library skim the first 80% and then read the last bit to see what you missed the first time around. If you're a fan of his you'll recognize this updating and repackaging format from his books on the CIA, it makes me seriously question whether or not his new book is worth reading but it's already on my coffee table so I will post a review and let you know shortly. Anyway enjoy this book for what it is and you are in for a treat.

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I suppose it's too much to ask that any book dealing with J. Edgar Hoover could even pretend to be objective (and still get published), but one might hope for a little effort on the part of the author in disguising the personal defamation. The author's first attack on Hoover related to his investigation of several individuals during WWI for seditious, anti-war comments and his getting them sent to jail (in violation of their 1st Amendment rights). Well, this was Hoover ENFORCING THE LAW! The Espionage Act pushed through by Woodrow Wilson and a Democratic Congress made it a crime to publish or state anything derogatory of the current administration. Also, as a mid-level FBI officer, Hoover couldn't put anyone in jail anyway, they had to be tried in court and convicted by a jury. Yet the author doesn't even hint that this was anything but Hoover's own personal crusade. Based on that (within the first 10 pages), how could one take anything else the author says seriously?