G-Man's Journal : A Legendary Career Inside the Fbi; from the Kennedy Assassination to the Oklahoma City Bombing

by Oliver Buck Revell; Dwight Williams

• ISBN13: 9780671568009
• ISBN10: 0671568000
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Pocket

Summary

From 1964 to 1994, Revell directed or participated in virtually every major FBI investigation--including the JFK assassination, Watergate, the Iran hostage crisis, and Gulf War antiterrorist operations. Now he discloses why, after Hoover's death in 1972, he and other reform-minded agents moved to modernize the FBI, and how he championed special FBI units, such as Behavioral Sciences and Hostage Rescue. He also divulges his role as the senior FBI representative to the National Security Council and his direction of all international operations--including tracking the kidnappers and killers of hostages in Beirut, international mafias weapons smuggling, and French and Japanese industrial espionage. More importantly, Revell proposes drastic reforms for improving the current system of law enforcement and justice, and bluntly analyzes what went wrong at incidents like the Branch Davidian tragedy in Waco and the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City bombings.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
A Meeting with Mr. Hoover	p. 1
News from Dallas	p. 14
Kansas City: The Making of a Special Agent	p. 29
Philadelphia: America in Turmoil	p. 50
A New Bureau	p. 84
Tampa and Chicago: A Return to the Field	p. 109
Bureau in Crisis: Return to Washington	p. 141
Oklahoma City: Going Home	p. 155
Back to SOG: ABSCAM, BRILAB, and the Shah	p. 180
Accusations and Betrayal	p. 210
The Administrative Division: A New Challenge	p. 228
CID: A Return to Action--Drugs, Olympics, and the HRT	p. 244
Bankers and America's Most Wanted	p. 273
Interpol and a Move to the Top	p. 288
An Overseas Success and Trouble at Home	p. 310
Iran-contra, New Leadership, and Deploying Delta	p. 327
CISPES: A Mistake Gone Wild	p. 342
The Skies over Lockerbie	p. 358
Dissension and Change	p. 373
Spies, Bombs, and a Crooked Mayor	p. 386
Moving On	p. 414
Dallas: An Echo from the Past	p. 427
Into the Breach: The LA Riots and the Atlanta Olympics	p. 440
An Agent Provocateur	p. 475
A Director's Plight and Trouble in Waco	p. 493
Beyond the FBI	p. 514
Epilogue: Lessons Learned--Where Do We Go from Here?	p. 533
Author's Note and Acknowledgments	p. 577
Selected Bibliography	p. 583
Index	p. 597
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