FBI Myths and Misconceptions: A Manual for Armchair Detectives

FBI Myths and Misconceptions: A Manual for Armchair Detectives

by Jerri Williams
FBI Myths and Misconceptions: A Manual for Armchair Detectives

FBI Myths and Misconceptions: A Manual for Armchair Detectives

by Jerri Williams

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Overview

This manual debunks FBI myths and misconceptions for those who read, watch, and write crime dramas about the FBI or have always wanted to be a Special Agent.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781732462465
Publisher: Jerri Williams
Publication date: 06/25/2019
Pages: 292
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.69(d)

Table of Contents

The Mission ...................................................................1

#1 FBI Profilers Hunt Serial Killers ..........................11

#2 The FBI Doesn’t Play Well With Others .............25

#3 Most FBI Agents Are White Males, & Female Agents Are Single ..................................................37

#4 The FBI Only Hires Accountants, Attorneys, Police, & Military Officers ....................................57

#5 One Agent Can Work A Major Investigation Alone .......................................................................65

#6 Agents Are Unemotional And Have No Sense Of Humor .....................................................................81

#7 Undercover Agents Run Their Cases ..................89

#8 There Is One Central Database ..........................103

#9 Agents Use Intimidation And Threats During Interrogations .......................................................111

#10 FBI Senior Executives Are Out In The Field ...121

#11 FBI Agents Work For Federal Prosecutors ....137

#12 The CIA Hunts Spies In The United States ...149

#13 The FBI Can Wiretap Anybody, Anytime .....157

#14 It’s Common For FBI Agents To Be In Gun Battles .................................................................173

#15 FBI Agents Fly Around The World Conducting Investigations .....................................................187

#16 FBI Agents Investigate Murders ......................207

#17 A Forensic Examiner Does It All—Collects Evidence And Investigates ...............................215

#18 Bomb Tech Is A Dangerous Job ......................231

#19 Bad Guys Plot Revenge Against The FBI Agents Who Put Them Behind Bars ............................241

#20 FBI Agents Are Perfect And Never Get In Trouble ................................................................247

Afterword .................................................................259

About the Author .....................................................275

Acknowledgments ....................................................277

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