Mike german biography

Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

For the British politician, see Mike German, Baron German.

Michael German is a retired American FBI agent, scholar, and writer.

He is a fellow in the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security program.

Life

During his 16-year career as a Special Agent in the FBI, German spent many months undercover, first among white supremacists and then among right-wing militants. German left the FBI in 2004 as a whistleblower, alleging misconduct and mismanagement in counterterrorism cases.

German reported this mismanagement to Congress.^[1]

His 2008 book, Thinking Like a Terrorist: Insights of a Former FBI Undercover Agent, was about his experiences as a special agent. He spent seven years as a Senior Policy Counsel at the ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office, working on issues relating to national s Mike Singer - Wikipedia RYM