Q&A with Glenn Fine on his new book, Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government

Inspectors general may be the most important public servants you’ve never heard of. As even many lawyers do not know, every federal agency has an inspector general tasked with making government more honest, efficient, and accountable. Glenn Fine served as the inspector general of the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 and the acting inspector general of the Department of Defense from 2016 to 2020.

Join us for a discussion between Glenn and Professor Jack Goldsmith about his Glenn’s new book, Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government, an engaging and revealing account of the intense pressures that inspectors general face and the difficult calls they must make. (https://amzn.to/3AdlPY4)

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