Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government
English
By (author): Glenn A. Fine
The last line of defense for our institutions, and our democracy
Inspectors general may be the most important public servants youve never heard of. In Watchdogs, Glenn Finewho served as the inspector general of the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 and the acting inspector general of the Department of Defense from 2016 to 2020explains why all Americans should be familiar with this critical pillar of our democracy.
Drawing on his own experiences in numerous high-profile investigations over two decades, from 9/11 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Fine provides a fascinating insiders view of government at the highest levels, illuminating how federal officials spend our tax dollars and how inspector general oversight seeks to make government more honest and accountable. Full of revealing storiesfrom the FBIs handling of evidence in the Timothy McVeigh trial to the treatment of post-9/11 detainees to investigating the US Navys most infamous corruption scandalWatchdogs illustrates the mission of inspectors general in improving government operations, deterring wasteful spending, and curtailing corruption, and the ways they work every day in Americas unique system of oversight. See more
Inspectors general may be the most important public servants youve never heard of. In Watchdogs, Glenn Finewho served as the inspector general of the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 and the acting inspector general of the Department of Defense from 2016 to 2020explains why all Americans should be familiar with this critical pillar of our democracy.
Drawing on his own experiences in numerous high-profile investigations over two decades, from 9/11 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Fine provides a fascinating insiders view of government at the highest levels, illuminating how federal officials spend our tax dollars and how inspector general oversight seeks to make government more honest and accountable. Full of revealing storiesfrom the FBIs handling of evidence in the Timothy McVeigh trial to the treatment of post-9/11 detainees to investigating the US Navys most infamous corruption scandalWatchdogs illustrates the mission of inspectors general in improving government operations, deterring wasteful spending, and curtailing corruption, and the ways they work every day in Americas unique system of oversight. See more
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