--- title: Michael German | TIME description: German, a fellow in the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, served for 16 years as a special agent with the FBI, specializing in domestic terrorism and covert operations canonical: https://time.com/author/michael-german/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/michael-german/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Michael German ## Michael German German, a fellow in the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, served for 16 years as a special agent with the FBI, specializing in domestic terrorism and covert operations ## Michael German *  Jul 11, 2017 ### [4 Questions Congress Must Ask Trump's FBI Pick](https://time.com/4853221/christopher-wray-president-donald-trump-james-comey-fbi/) Beyond those about the President and pledges of loyalty [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 18, 2017 ### [Ex-Fed: I Quit Robert Mueller’s FBI, But He's the Right Pick](https://time.com/4784779/special-counsel-robert-mueller-trump-russia-investigation/) Despite the new special counsel's lackluster history of standing up to abuses of power [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 11, 2017 ### [Former FBI Agent: James Comey Wasn't Doing His Job Properly](https://time.com/4775638/james-comey-fbi-donald-trump/) 'Comey’s FBI may not have pursued alleged Russian collusion with the necessary urgency' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 7, 2016 ### [Clinton's Email Scandal Reveals an Unlikely National Security Threat](https://time.com/4397066/clintons-email-scandal-national-security/) We classify way too much information, to our own detriment [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 5, 2016 ### [Former FBI Agent: Our Terrorism Strategy Isn't Working](https://time.com/4389947/fbi-national-security/) The FBI is drowning in irrelevant information [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-german/","name":"Michael German"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-german/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-german/"},"name":"Michael German","jobTitle":null,"description":"German, a fellow in the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, served for 16 years as a special agent with the FBI, specializing in domestic terrorism and covert operations","url":"https://time.com/author/michael-german/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```