Janet Reno

by Anderson, Paul

Attorney General Janet Reno is a singular American leader. From the day she arrived in Washington, the first woman to head the Justice Department, she has been the most intriguing person in the Clinton administration. With keen intelligence and an ethical certainty rarely seen in American politics, she has made every tough call - from the Waco debacle to the Whitewater affair. Through it all she has remained her own person - blunt and honest. But behind the public image stands a very private human being operating under enormous pressure in a shifting political landscape. Here, for the first time, is an in-depth portrait of the real Janet Reno. Paul Anderson, whose reports on Reno have appeared in The Miami Herald for over a dozen years, now covers her daily on the Washington beat. Drawing on his personal experience as well as on in-depth interviews with many of her close friends and family, Anderson explores Janet Reno's past and offers penetrating insight into her rugged South Florida