The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

by Andrew G. McCabe

as I write, both of these phenomena—foreign terrorism and foreign organized crime—represent two of the greatest threats we face.

There is no effective distinction, in Russia, between organized crime and government, so kryshas have proliferated to where they block out the sky. Everyone lives under protection. The transformation has been systemic. It cannot be attributed exclusively to the actions of any one individual. But under the presidency of Vladimir Putin, the cohabitation of crime and government became the norm. Crime is the central and most stable force in Russian society.