''The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump'' is a memoir written by

Andrew McCabe Andrew George McCabe (born March 18, 1968) is an American attorney who served as the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from February 2016 to March 2018 and as the acting Director of the FBI from May 9, 2017, to Augus ...

, the former

Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation The Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (formerly known as the Associate Director) is a senior United States government position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The office is second in command to the Director of the Fed ...

(FBI). The book was published by

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on February 19, 2019.

Background and development

McCabe was fired from the FBI in March 2018. That September,

announced they had acquired the rights to publish a book written by McCabe. It was initially scheduled for release in December 2018, but a review of the book by the FBI delayed its release until February. ''

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'' published an excerpt of the book on February 14.

In the book, McCabe accuses

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of acting like a

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and for the "strain of insanity" he has created in the

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. McCabe discussed the

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, the former director of the FBI. He states that

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, the former

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, opposed the memo he wrote justifying the firing of Comey, though he publicly supported it. After the firing, McCabe became acting director of the FBI, and describes in the book steps he took to ensure the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 elections could continue even if he was fired, eventually leading to the

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. McCabe said that Trump and

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offered him protection in return for his personal loyalty. The memoir states that Trump said of Venezuela that "That’s the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”

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''After Words'' interview with McCabe
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