BOOK REVIEWShielded: How the Police Became Untouchableby Joanna Schwartz 2023 About the AuthorJoanna Schwartz is a professor of law at UCLA, where she teaches civil procedure and courses on police accountability and public interest lawyering. Her writing, commentary, and research about police misconduct, qualified immunity, indemnification, and local government budgeting have been featured in The … Continue reading Shielded
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Surveillance and Surveillance Detection
BOOK REVIEWSurveillance and Surveillance Detection: A CIA Insider's Guideby John Kiriakou 2022 About the AuthorJohn Kiriakou is a former CIA counterterrorism officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant for ABC News. He was responsible for the capture in Pakistan in 2002 of Abu Zubaydah, then believed to be … Continue reading Surveillance and Surveillance Detection
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Lying and Lie Detection
BOOK REVIEWLying and Lie Detection: A CIA Insider's Guideby John Kiriakou 2022 About the AuthorJohn Kiriakou is a former CIA counterterrorism officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant for ABC News. He was responsible for the capture in Pakistan in 2002 of Abu Zubaydah, then believed to be … Continue reading Lying and Lie Detection
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Lay it on the Table
BOOK REVIEWLay it on the Table: A Change Agent in Action When Tip O’Neill Led the House of Representatives to End the Vietnam War Linda Melconian 2022 About the AuthorLinda J. Melconian is a former American state legislator who served as the first woman Majority Leader in the history of the Massachusetts Senate. A member … Continue reading Lay it on the Table
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The Fall of the FBI
BOOK REVIEWThe Fall of the FBI: How a Once Great Agency Became a Threat to Democracyby Thomas J. Baker 2022 About the AuthorThomas J. Baker has over thirty-three years of investigative and management experience as an FBI Special Agent. He has experience with police management and training issues, having served as a management instructor at … Continue reading The Fall of the FBI
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First Casualty
BOOK REVIEWFirst Casualtyby Toby Harnden 2021 About the AuthorToby Harnden is a winner of the Orwell Prize for Books. A former foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times of London and the Daily Telegraph who reported from thirty-three countries, he specializes in terrorism and war. Born in England, Harnden was imprisoned in Zimbabwe, prosecuted in Britain … Continue reading First Casualty
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American Marxism
BOOK REVIEWAmerican Marxismby Mark R. Levin 2021 About the AuthorMark R. Levin, nationally syndicated talk radio host, host of LevinTV, chairman of Landmark Legal Foundation, and the host of the Fox News show Life, Liberty, & Levin, is the author of seven consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers: Liberty and Tyranny, Ameritopia, The Liberty Amendments, … Continue reading American Marxism
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