Broken: The Troubled Past and Uncertain Future of the FBI

former Secretary of the Navy and member of the 9/11 Commission

Powers presents a shocking and accurate picture of why the FBI developed an institutional culture that rendered it blind to the threat from international terror. Broken is required reading for anyone who wants to understand how the FBI failed to operate as an effective defense against al Qaeda in the run-up to 9/11, despite the best efforts of some very fine agents.