Crossfire Hurricane: Inside Donald Trump's War on the FBI

by Josh Campbell Narrated by Josh Campbell

Overview

From an FBI insider, a riveting, fly-on-the-wall account of the historic investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia and the president's unprecedented attacks on the bureau-and a passionate defense of the men and women who work every day to uphold democratic institutions and the rule of law.



Titled after the FBI code name for the initial investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, Crossfire Hurricane chronicles President Trump's relentless attacks on the FBI. Josh Campbell, a career special agent who served under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald J. Trump before resigning from the FBI in February 2018, takes listeners behind the scenes of the Russia investigation's earliest days and makes a compelling case that Trump's campaign of attack poses a threat to public safety.



Campbell, who has twelve years' experience working on some of the FBI's highest-profile operations and is now a national security expert for CNN, was special assistant to James Comey. Using a combination of firsthand experience and reporting from sources still within the Bureau, he offers an inside perspective into the FBI that will captivate listeners struggling to make sense of a news cycle careening out of control.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

A must-read indictment of the ‘mob boss’ in the White House . . . Crossfire Hurricane also turns it guns on Jeff Sessions, the former attorney general; Rod Rosenstein, the former deputy attorney general; William Barr, the current attorney general; and Sarah Sanders, Trump’s former spokeswoman. It is a target-rich environment.”
—The Guardian

“A newsworthy book in an electoral cycle that promises to see plenty of foreign interference—and little resistance from Republicans.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Josh Campbell had the ultimate insider’s perch as President Trump initiated the greatest crisis in the modern history of the FBI. Crossfire Hurricane is his fascinating account of those tumultuous days and a vivid reminder of the importance of honor and candor in law enforcement and politics.”
—Jeffrey Toobin, CNN Chief Legal Analyst and author of American Heiress: The Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst

“With experience, humanity, and humor, Josh brings the reader deep inside the FBI during some of its most difficult days.”
—James Comey, former director of the FBI and bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty

“Crossfire Hurricane is likely to become one of the most important books of the year. Josh Campbell speaks both from the heart and experience. A dynamite read.”
—Dan Rather, former anchor of CBS Evening News and bestselling author of What Unites Us

“Josh Campbell spent more than a decade serving America as an FBI agent. He is serving America still by writing this book. He provides an invaluable, behind-the-scenes perch on James Comey's last days and Robert Mueller's subsequent special investigation. Anyone who reads his gripping account will know that the FBI is not a Deep State out to unseat the president. It is a superb and apolitical law enforcement organization that has been blindsided by all of the invective from political partisans. Read this book to find out what the FBI is really like.”
—Max Boot, Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow and author of The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right

“Crossfire Hurricane is a chilling and engaging contribution to our understanding of the FBI and the Russia investigation. Josh Campbell had a front seat to the decisions and dilemmas facing the FBI before and after 2016 and tells the story with honesty, compassion and even humor. He reminds us that it is too easy to judge by simply saying the FBI should 'follow the book.' When it comes to Russia, President Trump, and a campaign willing to play with a foreign enemy, there is no book. Until Josh Campbell wrote it.”
—Juliette Kayyem, former Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security

“With no political agenda other than reverence for the FBI as an institution, Campbell offers a compelling and unvarnished portrait of men and women struggling to deliver impartial justice in the middle of a relentless wave of political firestorms.”
—Michael Isikoff, bestselling co-author of Russian Roulette and Yahoo! News chief investigative correspondent

“An indispensable and riveting insider’s account of one of the most dramatic and controversial periods in the history of the FBI. Crossfire Hurricane is a must-read for all Americans.” 
—Daniel Silva, New York Times bestselling author
 
“I couldn't put down Crossfire Hurricane: Inside Donald Trump's War on the FBI. The book provides a compelling overview of events surrounding the FBI during the 2016 election and its aftermath. Even for those of us who are still living through this in real time, it's stunning to read a cohesive narrative of the events—often with shocking details from an FBI insider's perspective. Just as important, Josh uses anecdotes throughout the book that capture the essence of what it means to be an FBI agent in the field working every day to help keep this country safe—something that is all too often lost in the day-to-day headlines these days.”
—Mimi Rocah, NBC/MSNBC legal analyst and former federal prosecutor 

Kirkus Reviews

2019-08-19
"Never did I imagine a day when the greatest threats to our institutions would come from within our own government": A former special agent details just what it is that Donald Trump doesn't like about the FBI.

Now a CNN analyst, Campbell served as assistant to former FBI director James Comey, among other assignments over a 12-year career. It was in that role that he participated in the operation of his title, its name taken from the Rolling Stones song "Jumping Jack Flash." It was early on in the 2016 presidential campaign that the Steele report emerged from a British intelligence agent "that contained unverified but explosive charges against then candidate Trump." In those green times, even a couple of Republican senators worried that the report was worth pursuing, one of them, not coincidentally, John McCain. Comey's unpleasant task was to report to Trump that the FBI had the information and that he was indeed under investigation for illegal ties to Russia, something Trump has vehemently denied. In the end, he fired Comey and effectively declared war on the FBI for supposedly being against him politically even though, Campbell notes, the agency is apolitical—and, he adds, "one key aspect of law enforcement in this nation that separates us from authoritarian regimes has been the norm that politicians do not interfere in the work of the FBI." That norm has been destroyed, and even though the Mueller Report, by the author's account, strongly suggests illegal activity, he writes that Attorney General William Barr, "describing lawfully predicated surveillance as 'spying,' " and Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, are actively blocking for the White House. Campbell notes that he left the agency voluntarily and has no ax to grind, though his principal person of interest is the current occupant of the White House: "I simply hope to illuminate for US citizens the current and lasting consequences of Trump's attacks on law enforcement." That he does.

A newsworthy book in an electoral cycle that promises to see plenty of foreign interference—and little resistance from Republicans.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172951930
Publisher:	HighBridge Company
Publication date:	09/24/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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