TY - BOOK AU - Theoharis,Athan G. TI - The FBI & American democracy: a brief critical history SN - 0700613455 : HRD AV - HV8144.F43 T49 2004 U1 - 363.25/0973 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Lawrence PB - University Press of Kansas KW - United States KW - Federal Bureau of Investigation KW - History KW - Intelligence service KW - Internal security KW - Criminal investigation KW - Abuse of administrative power N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The early years : creation and proscribed growth -- World War I and the origins of political surveillance -- Abuse of power, retrenchment, and morality -- The New Deal and a war on crime -- The origins of FBI intelligence, the crisis of World War II -- The early Cold War years : anticipating and curbing subversion -- Promoting Mccarthyism--and morality (again) -- Secrecy and power : the undermining of accountability -- From anticommunism to law and order -- Scandal and limited reform -- Amodern bureau and the politics of terrorism ER -