No Backup

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Rosemary Dew, who earned the title of Special Agent of the FBI, received eight commendations from FBI directors, and became only the seventh woman to be named a supervisor at FBI headquarters, opens up the files on the Bureau and reveals a broken organization rife with discriminatory and destructive practices. Dew worked undercover against criminals, spies, and terrorists; supervised the Bureau's international response to the A chilié Lauro hijacking; and signed the arrest warrant for Leon Klinghoffer' kidnapper, Abu Abbas. Yet for all her accomplishments, Rosemary Dew remained a "female" agent first and "special" agent second, treated with disdain, sexually harassed, and denied the opportunities and privileges of male agents. As Dew recalls her career as an FBI agent, she pinpoints the FBI's many chronic problems: internál communications failures, which she connects with pre- and post-9/11 botched cases; cover-ups, such as the promotion of senior officials involved in the debacle... Tovább

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Rosemary Dew, who earned the title of Special Agent of the FBI, received eight commendations from FBI directors, and became only the seventh woman to be named a supervisor at FBI headquarters, opens up the files on the Bureau and reveals a broken organization rife with discriminatory and destructive practices. Dew worked undercover against criminals, spies, and terrorists; supervised the Bureau's international response to the A chilié Lauro hijacking; and signed the arrest warrant for Leon Klinghoffer' kidnapper, Abu Abbas. Yet for all her accomplishments, Rosemary Dew remained a "female" agent first and "special" agent second, treated with disdain, sexually harassed, and denied the opportunities and privileges of male agents. As Dew recalls her career as an FBI agent, she pinpoints the FBI's many chronic problems: internál communications failures, which she connects with pre- and post-9/11 botched cases; cover-ups, such as the promotion of senior officials involved in the debacle at Ruby Ridge; and scandals, such as falsification of evidence at the FBI laboratory. Equally disturbing is the Bureau's institutionalized arrogance and persistent lack of cooperation with other investigative agencies, an attitűdé instilled from the FBI s inception by J. Edgár Hoover. Even as Special Agent Dew tried to infiltrate the Black Panther Party posing as a prostitute, participated in undercover weapons purchases
from white supremacists, and worked presidential protective details, she found that the FBI operates much like a dysfiinctional family, fostering an environment in which spies like Róbert Hanssen can work undetected for more than twenty years. She learned that even long after Hoover's death, those who don't fit his outdated G-Man mold are shunned and unwelcome. In No Backup, she makes a powerful call for change and lays out a blueprint for Bureau reform. All readers-women, police, FBI agents, and members of the intelligence community-concerned about national security, counter-terrorism, social justice, equal rights, and the transformation of a key agency that stands between freedom and the terrorist threat will find No Backup an absolute must-read. ROSEMARY DEW has worked as a defense and law enforcement consultant since leaving the FBI in 1990. She has led information security, antisubmarine warfare and software development programs, and served on a Presidential advisory committee on information technology and national security. She is alsó a trained chemical weapons inspector under international treaties and a certified hospice and palliative care nurse. PAT PAPE is a Dallas-based writer and former news reporter and television anchorwoman. Jacket Design: Trombone Front and back photographs of Rosemary Dew: f-stopfitzgerald Vissza