The Threat

by Andrew G. McCabe

  suspects of

  Tsarnaev, D., and

  Tsarnaev, T., and

  Breslin, Michael

  British Intelligence

  Operation Overt and

  Bush, George W.

  California Brothers threat

  Carlin, John

  Chulpayev, Mani

  CI. See confidential informant

  CIA

  FBI relationship with

  interviews and interrogations of

  Panetta at

  targeting of

  Clinton, Bill

  Clinton, Hillary

  McAuliffe and

  Clinton, Hillary, email investigation (Midyear Exam)

  Benghazi attack and

  classification authority of emails in

  Clinton Foundation story and

  Comey and

  Comey statement on outcome of

  Department of Justice and

  evaluations of

  intent in

  interview techniques for

  Lynch and Yates and

  McCabe, A., oversight of

  McCabe, B., Virginia state senate race and

  Mills and

  news story of

  Obama on

  outcomes of

  private email server and

  sorting for

  Strzok and

  Weiner and Abedin and

  Clinton Foundation

  Cohen-Watnick, Ezra

  Cole, James

  Colombo family

  Comey, James

  as deputy attorney general

  FBI and firing of

  FBI camaraderie built by

  on independence of FBI

  loyalty pledge for

  Midyear Exam and

  Midyear Exam outcome statement by

  personal characteristics of

  Rosenstein on firing of

  Sessions on termination of

  Trump on tapes of

  Trump on termination of

  Trump requesting end of Flynn investigation by

  Conaway, Mike

  confidential informant (CI)

  cooperating witness

  counterintelligence

  counterterrorism

  Arbabsiar and

  collection in

  disruption of plots and

  disruption strategy for

  immigration policy and enforcement and

  ISIS and

  mentality for

  muscling approach to

  phone agent in

  Sessions on

  takedown timing and

  targeting techniques and. See also Benghazi attack; High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group; Operation Overt

  credibility

  of FBI

  of presidency

  crisis learning

  crowdsourcing

  Crowell, James

  Cummings, Art

  Defense Department

  Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

  Defreitas, Russell

  Democratic National Committee

  Department of Justice

  FBI briefing structure for

  FBI conflicts with

  Flynn and

  Midyear Exam and

  politics and. See also President’s Daily Brief

  deputy director, of FBI, McCabe, A., as

  DesLauriers, Richard

  DIA. See Defense Intelligence Agency

  DIOG. See Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide

  director of FBI

  interviewing for

  McCabe, A., interview for. See also Comey, James; Mueller, Robert; Wray, Christopher

  disruption strategy

  Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG)

  assessment as

  FI and

  foreign agent scenario and

  PI and

  Douglas, Stephanie

  early career, of McCabe, A.. See also New York field office; Quantico FBI Academy

  early life and education, of McCabe, A.

  employment application, at FBI

  FD-140 form for

  FD-302 form for

  polygraph examination for

  enterprise theory

  advancements of

  association evidence and

  historical cases and

  intelligence collection for

  proactive cases in

  RICO statute and

  Eurasian organized crime. See Russian organized crime

  FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). See specific topics

  FD-140

  FD-302 form

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). See specific topics

  Federal Election Campaign Act

  Felix (furniture-store owner)

  FI. See full investigation

  finished intelligence

  firing

  FBI and Comey

  of McCabe, A.

  Rosenstein on Comey

  Sessions on Comey

  Trump on Comey

  Flynn, Michael

  Comey requested to end investigation of

  Department of Justice and

  Logan Act and

  Pence and

  resignation of

  foreign agent scenario

  Freeh, Louis

  full investigation (FI)

  Gang of Eight

  Garaufis, Nicholas G.

  Genovese crime family

  Ghul, Spin

  Giuliano, Mark

  Gonzales, Alberto

  Grassley, Charles

  Guantánamo

  Gufield, Dimitri

  Gufield-Kutsenko Brigade

  Chulpayev in

  Kutsenko and

  RICO statute and

  Harpham, Kevin

  Heimbach, Michael

  Heinrich, Martin

  Hess, John

  Hicks, Hope

  HIG. See High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group

  High Rise case

  High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG)

  Abdulmutallab and

  Congressional committees and

  Cummings and

  Mueller on

  politics at

  pop-up and predesignated targets

  Rogers, Mike and

  Yungwirth and

  Holder, Eric

  Holt, Lester

  House Intelligence Committee

  ICA. See Intelligence Community Assessment

  immigration policy and enforcement

  counterterrorism and

  September 11 attacks and

  Sessions and

  inspector general

  Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA)

  International Terrorism Operations Section I (ITOS-1)

  interviews and interrogations

  director of FBI position and

  FBI

  Midyear Exam and

  reforms of. See also High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group

  investigation, of FBI. See also specific topics

  Iran

  ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

  Italian organized crime. See La Cosa Nostra

  ITOS-1. See International Terrorism Operations Section I

  Ivankov, Vyacheslav

  Joyce, Sean

  Kelly, John

  Kerr, Raymond

  Chulpayev flipped by

  Ivankov arrest and

  terrorism vetting and

  Khatallah, Ahmed Abu

  Kislyak, Sergey

  Kortan, Michael

  krysha (roof)

  Kutsenko, Alexander

  La Cosa Nostra

  Apalachin Meeting of

  Bonanno family and

  Genovese crime family and

  Lee, Adam

  Levinson, Christine

  Levinson, Robert

  Lewinsky, Monica

  Liberty Crossing 1 (LX-1)

  Lieb, Judith

  Logan Act


  loyalty pledges

  LX-1. See Liberty Crossing 1

  Lynch, Loretta

  Manafort, Paul

  Mateen, Omar

  McAuliffe, Terry

  McCabe, Andrew G. See specific topics

  McCabe, Barbra Jill

  McAuliffe visiting

  Virginia state senate race for

  McCall, Michael

  McCord, Mary

  McGahn, Don

  McNulty, Lester

  medical mills

  Medunjanin, Adis

  MI5

  Midyear Exam. See Clinton, Hillary, email investigation

  Mills, Cheryl

  mission statement, of FBI

  Mouw, Bruce

  Mueller, Robert

  authority of

  Boston Marathon attack and

  FBI director office of

  HIG and

  Operation Overt briefings for

  Panetta meeting with

  personality and habits of

  as special counsel

  Mukasey, Michael

  muscling

  narcotics trafficking

  New York field office

  Clinton Foundation investigation and

  Colombo family and

  Gufield-Kutsenko Brigade and

  Salt Lake City Winter Olympics figure-skating case and

  September 11 attacks and

  Sheehy at. See also Kerr, Raymond; Russian organized crime; Sheehy, Greg

  news circulation

  North Korea

  Nunes, Devin

  Obama, Barack

  Guantánamo and

  on Midyear Exam

  Russian dachas and

  Operation Overt

  British Intelligence and

  CIA and

  Cummings and

  martyrdom videos for

  MI5 and

  Mueller briefings on

  Rauf and

  takedown timing and

  operational divisions, of FBI

  Organized Crime Task Force, of FBI

  Page, Carter

  Page, Lisa

  Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)

  Panetta, Leon

  Papadopoulos, George

  PDB. See President’s Daily Brief

  Pence, Mike

  politics

  Department of Justice and

  FBI and

  at HIG

  law enforcement and

  preliminary investigation (PI)

  President’s Daily Brief (PDB)

  Cole and

  format and elements of

  Holder at

  Lynch at

  Sessions and

  Trump and

  Priebus, Reince

  Putin, Vladimir

  al-Qaeda

  Ahmed and

  California Brothers threat and

  Ghul and

  internet used by

  Rauf and

  Sadequee and

  September 11 attacks and

  Vinas and

  al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

  Abdulmutallab and

  Asiri and

  Awlaki and

  Quantico FBI Academy

  Rahimi, Ahmad Khan

  Rauf, Rashid

  Rhodes, Jane

  Richard, Martin

  RICO statute (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)

  enterprise theory and

  requirements for

  Russian organized crime and

  Rogers, Mike

  Roosevelt, Franklin

  Rosenberg, Chuck

  Rosenstein, Rod

  acting director of FBI meeting with

  on Comey firing

  on special counsel appointment

  Russian dachas

  Russian election interference investigation (2016)

  cases under

  CI and

  first steps for

  Flynn and

  Gang of Eight and

  ICA and

  investigation of Trump and

  Mueller as special counsel for

  Obama and

  Page, C., Manafort, and Papadopoulos investigations under

  Russian sanctions and

  Senate Intelligence Committee Russia investigation and

  Sessions and

  special counsel appointment for

  Trump on

  Worldwide Threats Hearing and

  Russian government

  Putin and

  Russian organized crime

  association evidence for

  Gufield-Kutsenko Brigade as

  Ivankov and

  McCall and

  RICO statute and

  Tokhtakhounov and

  vory v zakone and

  Rybicki, Jim

  Sadequee, Ehsanul Islam

  Salt Lake City Winter Olympics figure-skating case

  San Bernardino shooting

  Scala, Philip

  Schiff, Adam

  Schiller, Keith

  Senate Intelligence Committee Russia investigation

  September 11 attacks (2001)

  FBI changing from

  immigration and profiling and

  al-Qaeda and

  Sessions, Jeff

  acting director meeting with

  career history of

  on Comey termination

  on counterterrorism

  death penalty and

  immigration and

  Levinson and

  narcotics trafficking and

  PDBs and

  Shahzad, Faisal

  Shane, Scott

  Sheehy, Greg

  Siford, Wanda

  SIOC. See Strategic Information and Operations Center

  Snowden, Edward

  special counsel appointment, for Russia election interference investigation

  Strategic Information and Operations Center (SIOC)

  Strzok, Peter

  Syria

  targeting techniques

  technology and FBI

  technology and terrorism

  terrorism

  Defreitas and

  in London

  Mateen and

  Rahimi and Shahzad and

  San Bernardino shooting and

  Toronto 18 and. See also al-Qaeda; September 11 attacks (2001)

  thieves-in-law. See vory v zakone

  Thomas, Vadim

  Tokhtakhounov, Alimzhan

  Toronto 18

  Toscas, George

  Tripoli

  Trump, Donald J.

  accountability and credibility of

  behavior of

  CIs and

  Comey asked to end Flynn investigation by

  Comey tapes and

  on Comey termination

  democracy undermined by

  FBI acting director call and meetings with

  FBI and

  FBI director position interview of McCabe, A., and

  fear of

  on gang members

  investigation of

  justice interference by

  loyalty pledges for

  lying of

  on Manafort

  on McCabe, B. in Virginia state senate race

  on Mueller as special counsel

  on national-security issues

  PDBs and

  Russian dachas briefing for

  supporters and polarizing of

  Tokhtakhounov and

  tweets about McCabe, A., by

  Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar

  Tsarnaev, Tamerlan

  Tsouli, Younis

  undercover employee

  Vinas, Bryant Neal

  Virginia state senate race

  FBI implications for

  McAuliffe and

  McCabe, B. and

  Midyear Exam and

  Trump on

  Wall Street Journal story on

  vory v zakone (thieves-in-law)

  Wall Street Jo
urnal

  Weiner, Anthony

  Wikileaks

  witness tampering

  Worldwide Threats Hearing

  Wray, Christopher

  Yates, Sally

  Yungwirth, Joe

  Zazi, Najibullah

  Zebley, Aaron

  About the Author

  Andrew G. McCabe served as deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from February 2016 to January 2018. He began his career at the FBI in 1996, as a street agent in the New York field office investigating Eurasian Organized Crime. Later, he led the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, the National Security Branch, and the Washington field office. Mr. McCabe also served as the first director of the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, which developed new methods for lawfully and effectively questioning suspected terrorists. He lives in Virginia with his wife, Jill, their two children, and a dog. You can sign up for email updates here.

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  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Author’s Note

  Prologue

  1. Up for Grabs

  2. Answering the Call

  How We Work: Enterprise Theory

  3. The Shift

  4. Interrogation

  How We Work: President’s Daily Brief

  5. Benghazi to Boston

  6. Examination

  How We Work: The Attorney General Guidelines

  7. Mess and Crisis

  8. Real Americans

  Acknowledgments

  Index

  About the Author

  Copyright

  THE THREAT. Copyright © 2019 by Andrew G. McCabe. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

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  Cover design by Michael Storrings

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  First Edition: February 2019