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"John Lehmanformer 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."

John Lehman<p>former Secretary of the Navy and member of the 9/11 Commission<p>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.

John Lehmanformer 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.

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Richard Gid Powers is a historian and author of numerous books including Secrecy and Power: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover and G-Men: Hoover's FBI in American Popular Culture. He holds a Ph.D. in American Civilization from Brown University and is a professor of history at the College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center, CUNY.

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