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In the President's Secret Service
Ronald Kessler
Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect
Crown
August 2009
On Sale: August 4, 2009
288 pages
ISBN: 0307461351
EAN: 9780307461353
Hardcover
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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.
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