Trevor Aaronson

In the years following 9/11, the FBI was granted sweeping new powers that transformed its role. As extremism and conspiracy culture spread, the Bureau became the most powerful—and least accountable—domestic intelligence operation in American history. But an institution that treats everyone as a threat will see enemies everywhere. The two decades of surveillance and entrapment that followed bred distrust, leaving...

"Compelling, shocking, and gritty with intrigue." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A real eye-opener that questions how well the country's security is being protected." - Kirkus (starred review) "In an analysis of five hundred terrorism-related cases brought since September 11th, the journalist Trevor Aaronson found that nearly half of them involved a confidential informant. In some cases, the threat posed...