The Threat Matrix

Inside Robert Mueller's FBI and the War on Global Terror

By: Garrett M. Graff

Narrated by: Dan Woren

An intimate look at Robert Mueller, the sixth Director of the FBI, who oversaw the investigation into ties between President Trump's campaign and Russian officials.

Covering more than 30 years of history, from the 1980s through Obama's presidency, The Threat Matrix explores the transformation of the FBI from a domestic law enforcement agency, handling bank robberies and local crimes, into an international intelligence agency -- with more than 500 agents operating in more than 60 countries overseas -- fighting extremist terrorism, cyber crimes, and, for the first time, American suicide bombers.

Based on access to never-before-seen task forces and FBI bases from Budapest, Hungary, to Quantico, Virginia, this book profiles the visionary agents who risked their lives to bring down criminals and terrorists both here in the U.S. and thousands of miles away long before the rest of the country was paying attention to terrorism. Given unprecedented access, thousands of pages of once secret documents, and hundreds of interviews, Garrett M. Graff takes us inside the FBI and its attempt to protect America from the Munich Olympics in 1972 to the attempted Times Square bombing in 2010. It also tells the inside story of the FBI's behind-the-scenes fights with the CIA, the Department of Justice, and five White Houses over how to combat terrorism, balance civil liberties, and preserve security. The book also offers a never-before-seen intimate look at FBI Director Robert Mueller, the most important director since Hoover himself.

Brilliantly reported and suspensefully told, The Threat Matrix peers into the darkest corners of this secret war and will change your view of the FBI forever.

Great Read

These story still make for an interesting background to events today. Interesting how this cast of characters continued to make history.

A great look at Robert Mueller prior to Trump.

This was a fantastic book that gives a great description of the FBI and their expansion of power in the United States. A good portion of the book is devoid of Robert Mueller so that you can understand the world that he inherited when he became the Director of the FBI.

Written before the Trump administration, this book is free from the political hostility surrounding Robert Mueller and his investigation as well as being free from any political bias. If you even have a remote interest in the FBI, or Robert Mueller, I highly recommend this book.

Amazing a must read

I could not put this down
One comes away from the book with a large respect for Mueller and the FBI

Informative

Really informative book on how the FBI has fought crime over the last 100 years.

wow, so detailed informative and insightful.

Enjoyed historical review of the FBI. this book helped to fill in many of the unknowns over the last 30 plus years. I enjoyed learning of the intricate details and behind the scenes work that goes on. I enjoyed this book very much. I respect Robert Mueller even more after this book. a true public servant.