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
A modern bureau and the politics of terrorism.