Michael German

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brennancenter.org/expert/mike-german|title=Michael German|date=27 January 2015|publisher=Brennan Center for Justice|access-date=2017-07-12|archive-date=2017-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715120150/http://www.brennancenter.org/expert/mike-german|url-status=live}}

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 security policies and civil rights. German joined writer and director Daniel Ragussis in creating the screenplay for Imperium, starring Daniel Radcliffe as an undercover FBI Special Agent under an FBI case agent played by Toni Collette.{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/film/fbi-agent-michael-german-taught-hollywood-how-to-get-counterterrorism-right-7244235|website=LAweekly.com|date=August 15, 2016|title=FBI Agent Michael German Taught Hollywood How to Get Counterterrorism Right|first=April|last=Wolfe|access-date=August 19, 2016|archive-date=August 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818180303/http://www.laweekly.com/film/fbi-agent-michael-german-taught-hollywood-how-to-get-counterterrorism-right-7244235|url-status=live}}

His work has appeared in the Guardian,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mike-german|title=Mike German {{!}} The Guardian|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2019-10-22|archive-date=2019-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022160740/https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mike-german|url-status=live}} Time,{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/author/michael-german/|title=Michael German|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=2019-10-22}} The Cipher Brief,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecipherbrief.com/experts/michael-german|title=Michael German|website=The Cipher Brief|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-22|archive-date=2019-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022161003/https://www.thecipherbrief.com/experts/michael-german|url-status=live}} and Defence One.{{Cite web|url=https://www.defenseone.com/voices/michael-german/7742/|title=Michael German|website=Defense One|date=26 March 2015|access-date=2019-10-22|archive-date=2019-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022161124/https://www.defenseone.com/voices/michael-german/7742/|url-status=live}}

• Thinking Like a Terrorist: Insights of a Former FBI Undercover Agent, University of Nebraska Press, 2008. {{ISBN|9781597970266}}
• Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Democracy, The New Press, 2019. {{ISBN|9781620973790}}{{Cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2019/09/14/fbi-mike-german-book/|title=How the FBI Increased Its Power After 9/11 and Helped Put Trump in Office|last=Devereaux|first=Ryan|date=2019-09-14|website=The Intercept|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-22|archive-date=2019-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022160541/https://theintercept.com/2019/09/14/fbi-mike-german-book/|url-status=live}}

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• [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/michael-german-on-religious-terrorism/ Michael German on Religious Terrorism], Amanpour & Co. 04.29.2019

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