In the President's Secret Service (Library Edition): Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect (CD)

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• Publisher: Tantor Media
• ISBN: 1400143128
• WAPI (Tower ID): 113672867
• Release Date: August 4, 2009
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Journalist Ron Kessler provides a brisk account of the men and women entrusted with one mission: to protect the president and his family from harm, 24 hours a day, everywhere they go. Kessler provides an account of their intense training, along with a fast history of the modern-day Secret Service going back to President Truman. The main focus of the book are the interviews with hundreds of agents, and former agents, as they relate sometimes-juicy behind-the-scenes accounts of their "brush with greatness." Kessler reviews the usual major events and stories, such as the JFK assassination and the attempt on Reagan, as well as several high-threat events that are revealed here for the first time. He also draws on his interviews to assess the managerial decisions that can mean the difference between life and death for our leaders. Here he is critical of current Secret Service administrators, and he seems to imply that, unless things change, it may be a case of not if, but when.

Journalist Ron Kessler provides a brisk and fascinating account of the men and women entrusted with one mission: to protect the president and his family from harm, 24 hours a day, everywhere they go. Kessler provide a comprehensive account of their intense training, along with a thorough history of the modern-day Secret Service going back to President Truman. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of agents, and former agents, Kessler relates how the agents monitor everything around them, and how they respond to potential threats. He reviews the major news stories such as the JFK assassination and the attempt on Reagan, as well as several high-threat events that are revealed here for the first time. He also assesses, and is sometimes critical of, the managerial decisions that can mean the difference between life and death for our leaders.

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.

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