ABOVE THE LAW: Secret Deals, Political Fixes, and Other Misadventures of the U.S. Department of Justice

by David Burnham

Cites how high-ranking officials in the U.S. Justice Department manipulate the department's actions and abuse their powers for personal gain, revealing questionable activities and outlining well-known scandals. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

Genres: Nonfiction, Politics

444 pages, Hardcover

First published January 22, 1996

About the author

David Bright Burnham was an American investigative journalist who worked for the The New York Times. His work investigating corruption in the New York Police Department, in which a key source was detective Frank Serpico, served as a basis for the 1973 film Serpico.

Reviews

[Public Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very long litany of the sins of the Justice Department with extended focus on the FBI. Some of the individual acts perpetrated by our law enforcement branch may shock you but if you are inclined to pick up this book you may already know a lot of the worst of it. This book was a bit of an endurance test and I'm glad it's over. Not a real page-turner, but thorough and well-executed. I wish that the author would update this book because a lot has happened since the mid-90s that would fit right in.