The Threat

How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

By: Andrew G. McCabe

Narrated by: Andrew G. McCabe

The instant number one New York Times best seller!

This program is read by the author.

On March 16, 2018, just 26 hours before his scheduled retirement from the organization he had served with distinction for more than two decades, Andrew G. McCabe was fired from his position as deputy director of the FBI. President Donald Trump celebrated on Twitter: "Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy."

In The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump, Andrew G. McCabe offers a dramatic and candid account of his career and an impassioned defense of the FBI's agents and of the institution's integrity and independence in protecting America and upholding our Constitution.

McCabe started as a street agent in the FBI's New York field office, serving under director Louis Freeh. He became an expert in two kinds of investigations that are critical to American national security: Russian organized crime - which is inextricably linked to the Russian state - and terrorism. Under Director Robert Mueller, McCabe led the investigations of major attacks on American soil, including the Boston Marathon bombing, a plot to bomb the New York subways, and several narrowly averted bombings of aircraft. And under James Comey, McCabe was deeply involved in the controversial investigations of the Benghazi attack, the Clinton Foundation's activities, and Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state.

The Threat recounts in compelling detail the time between Donald Trump's November 2016 election and McCabe's firing, set against a pause-resisting narrative spanning two decades when the FBI's mission shifted to a new goal: preventing terrorist attacks on Americans. But as McCabe shows, right now the greatest threat to the United States comes from within, as President Trump and his administration ignore the law, attack democratic institutions, degrade human rights, and undermine the US Constitution that protects every citizen.

Important, revealing, and powerfully argued, The Threat tells the true story of what the FBI is, how it works, and why it will endure as an institution of integrity that protects America.

©2018 Andrew G. McCabe (P)2018 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

"McCabe is a nuts-and-bolts narrator; he speaks in an earnest monotone, clear but unchanging. This works nicely in covering such things as the FBI's progression from the J. Edgar Hoover days of chasing bank robbers and suspected Communists to the more modern focus on organized crime and terrorism. Or, better still, when McCabe describes his role in tracking La Cosa Nostra, Russian mobsters and the Boston Marathon bombers. The stories he tells are strong enough to carry themselves." (The New York Times Book Review)

The FBI & DOJ

This well-written and performed book aside from the 2016 campaign is a great look into the inner workings of the FBI, and the relationship with DOJ in cases such as the Underwear Bomber, the Shoe Bomber, the Boston Marathon, and ISIS.

2016 is a subject that will never be agreed upon and therefore it’s not what made the good impression of the book on me. I do believe Mr. McCabe and Mr. Comey.

Regardless of party affiliation, the daily assaults on American institutions such as DOJ, and FBI that require the trust of American citizens is harming our country greatly and will take a long time to repair.

A MUST read!

This book is EXCELLENT! An incredible peek inside the process and cooperation within the FBI, it manages to help restore faith in the process of our federal justice department. Thank God for the men and women of the justice department who continue to dutifully fulfill their commitments, aside from their political convictions. To hear about the extreme contrast in interest and knowledge between our current administration and the past several administrations is full stop, CONCERNING. McCabe redeems his reputation and narrates an incredibly credible and informative history of his experience of his time at the FBI. Fascinating insights into Comey, Mueller, Holder and especially, Sessions. A MUST read!

Thank you, FBI, for being Strong and Steadfast

McCabe describes the FBI's excellent indispensable work. It keeps America a place to flee to, rather than flee from! Their standards for thorough and accurate investigations keep America from being overrun by criminality and corruption from the inside out!

Thoughtful and gripping story of a career FBI professional

The most thoughtful among the books depicting an insider’s perspective on our contemporary political situation. Also a fascinating depiction of a dynamic career in the FBI.

outstanding on all levels

McCabe has done an excellent job of presenting the facts to the public. I just hope his concerns will be taken to heart.