In typical Washington fashion, nothing gets reformed until a disaster happens. Ronald Kessler disasterfashionreform Change image and share on social
As you can tell from the titles of my books, I like to probe secret organizations, secret subjects. And this sometimes gets me into trouble. Ronald Kessler bookorganizationprobe Change image and share on social
If Madison Avenue advertising executives were to pick a song that would best represent America, the last one they would choose is 'The Star Spangled Banner.' Ronald Kessler advertiseamericaavenue Change image and share on social
I have one anecdote about the FBI breaking into an embassy in Washington, and under Hoover, they had this sort of ruse whereby they didn't want to recommend a break-in that might be a big flap and cause all kinds of problems. Ronald Kessler anecdotebigbreak share on social
The 9/11 commission recommended the appointment of a national intelligence director with budgetary authority to better coordinate the work of the intelligence community and resolve differences. Ronald Kessler appointmentauthoritybudgetary Change image and share on social
One of my books, called 'Moscow Station,' revealed that a KGB archivist had defected from Russia to the FBI. And I knew that he was safe, and revealing this would not jeopardize him. But nevertheless, the FBI started a leak investigation. Ronald Kessler archivistbookcall share on social
Tact ops is a unit which breaks into homes and offices to plant bugging devices. They get into mafia hangouts, they go into embassies, they go into terrorist hangouts, and they describe themselves as court-sanctioned burglars. Ronald Kessler breakbugburglar share on social
