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“Is the attack on privilege an attack on psychoanalysis itself?” (p. 148). In some sense, this is the fundamental question raised by The New Informants. This is a compellingly angry and articulate “exposé” of the impact on psychotherapy (including psychoanalysis) of third- party interlopers, murder in California (Tarasoff decision), and confusion between protection of the patient and protection of the therapist. Bollas and Sundelson, in a book replete with legal cases and outcomes as evidence, demonstrate the perilous difficulty of navigating the waters of patient care and professional integrity in these times of zealous litigation, governmental intrusion and regulation, and increasing