# Michael German > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_German > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_German.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_German > Source revision: 1273862239 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation For the British politician, see [Mike German, Baron German](/source/Mike_German%2C_Baron_German). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Michael German" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral. Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent sources. (February 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Michael German German in 2022 Occupations FBI agent Security consultant Writer **Michael German** is a retired American [FBI agent](/source/FBI_agent), scholar, and writer. He is a fellow in the [Brennan Center for Justice](/source/Brennan_Center_for_Justice)'s Liberty and National Security program. ## Life During his 16-year career as a Special Agent in the [FBI](/source/FBI), German spent many months undercover, first among [white supremacists](/source/White_supremacist) and then among right-wing [militants](/source/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](/source/American_Civil_Liberties_Union)’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](/source/Imperium_(2016_film))*, starring [Daniel Radcliffe](/source/Daniel_Radcliffe) as an undercover FBI Special Agent under an FBI case agent played by [Toni Collette](/source/Toni_Collette).[2] His work has appeared in the *Guardian*,[3] *Time*,[4] *The Cipher Brief*,[5] and *Defence One*.[6] ## Works - *Thinking Like a Terrorist: Insights of a Former FBI Undercover Agent,* University of Nebraska Press, 2008. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781597970266](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781597970266) - *Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Democracy,* The New Press, 2019. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781620973790](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781620973790)[7] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Michael German"](https://www.brennancenter.org/expert/mike-german). Brennan Center for Justice. 27 January 2015. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170715120150/http://www.brennancenter.org/expert/mike-german) from the original on 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2017-07-12. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Taught_2-0)** Wolfe, April (August 15, 2016). ["FBI Agent Michael German Taught Hollywood How to Get Counterterrorism Right"](http://www.laweekly.com/film/fbi-agent-michael-german-taught-hollywood-how-to-get-counterterrorism-right-7244235). *LAweekly.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160818180303/http://www.laweekly.com/film/fbi-agent-michael-german-taught-hollywood-how-to-get-counterterrorism-right-7244235) from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Mike German | The Guardian"](https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mike-german). *the Guardian*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191022160740/https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mike-german) from the original on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2019-10-22. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Michael German"](https://time.com/author/michael-german/). *Time*. Retrieved 2019-10-22. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Michael German"](https://www.thecipherbrief.com/experts/michael-german). *The Cipher Brief*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191022161003/https://www.thecipherbrief.com/experts/michael-german) from the original on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2019-10-22. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Michael German"](https://www.defenseone.com/voices/michael-german/7742/). *Defense One*. 26 March 2015. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191022161124/https://www.defenseone.com/voices/michael-german/7742/) from the original on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2019-10-22. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Devereaux, Ryan (2019-09-14). ["How the FBI Increased Its Power After 9/11 and Helped Put Trump in Office"](https://theintercept.com/2019/09/14/fbi-mike-german-book/). *The Intercept*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191022160541/https://theintercept.com/2019/09/14/fbi-mike-german-book/) from the original on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2019-10-22. ## External links - [Appearances](https://www.c-span.org/person/?1018664) on [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN) - [Michael German on Religious Terrorism](http://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/michael-german-on-religious-terrorism/), *Amanpour & Co*. 04.29.2019 Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND National United States Korea Israel Other Yale LUX This biography article about law enforcement in the United States is a stub. 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