My Fbi

Matthew Meelhuysen

Book Review, Honors P#2

Nov 4, 2005

"My FBI"

My FBI was an interesting read for me. It provided another side to the story we have heard thousands of times from the media and other politicians. Freeh provides insight into the workings of the FBI and how it has struggled against not only criminals and terrorist but from within our own government. Throughout the book, he consistently tells us about the many difficulties the FBI faces as it head into the 22nd Century. The lack of adequate technology to combat today's computer and online crimes, and the insufficient funding and main power to fight an efficient war against terrorist. It seems as if Freeh is trying one last attempt to get the Public to pressure Congress to make the FBI into an up-to-date, fully manned crime/terrorist-fighting agency.

Freeh gives short little reviews of many of the huge cases that the FBI dealt with during his term. I do think that he spent too much time about Clinton and the investigation about him. Not saying that Clinton was a perfect man, but he slams down too much on him when he could be writing about topics that are more important. Freeh also blames many of the problems he and the FBI faced on other people and groups. Freeh was not perfect and was neither Congress nor the President, so Freeh should not have put so much blame for his problems on them.

Another things that were a problem in My FBI were the story was rather scattered. He starts with the attack in Saudi Arabia then moves to his childhood and jumps around like that. It makes the book hard to follow sometimes and awkward in places.

Overall, this was a good memoir of Louis Freeh and the time he spent as director of the FBI. Many good actions happened during his time and some negative events