Never before has a journalist penetrated the wall of secrecy that
surrounds the U.S. Secret Service, that elite corps of agents who
pledge to take a bullet to protect the president and his family.
After conducting exclusive interviews with more than one hundred
current and former Secret Service agents, bestselling author and
award-winning reporter Ronald Kessler reveals their secrets for the
first time.
Secret Service agents, acting as human surveillance cameras,
observe everything that goes on behind the scenes in the
president's inner circle. Kessler reveals what they have seen,
providing startling, previously untold stories about the
presidents, from John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson to George W.
Bush and Barack Obama, as well as about their families, Cabinet
officers, and White House aides.
Kessler portrays the dangers that agents face and how they carry
out their missions-from how they are trained to how they spot and
assess potential threats. With fly-on-the-wall perspective, he
captures the drama and tension that characterize agents' lives.
In this headline-grabbing book, Kessler discloses assassination
attempts that have never before been revealed. He shares inside
accounts of past assaults that have put the Secret Service to the
test, including a heroic gun battle that took down the would-be
assassins of Harry S. Truman, the devastating day that John F.
Kennedy was killed in Dallas, and the swift actions that saved
Ronald Reagan after he was shot.
While Secret Service agents are brave and dedicated, Kessler
exposes how Secret Service management in recent years has betrayed
its mission by cutting corners, risking the assassination of
President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and their
families. Given the lax standards, "It's a miracle we have not had
a successful assassination," a current agent says.
Since an assassination jeopardizes democracy itself, few agencies
are as important as the Secret Service-nor is any other subject as
tantalizing as the inner sanctum of the White House. Only
tight-lipped Secret Service agents know the real story, and Ronald
Kessler is the only journalist to have won their trust.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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