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

by Ronald Kessler, Alan Sklar (Narrator)

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Secret Service agents, acting as human surveillance cameras, observe everything that goes on behind the scenes in the president's inner circle. Ronald 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 o...more

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Published August 18th 2009 by Tantor Media Inc (first published August 4th 2009)

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May 16, 2011

Ryn rated it

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I don't think this book should have been written. The author justifies breaking the code of silence in the form of a book by saying we deserve to know the real personalities of the presidents and their families since they are elected officials. Everyone has a right to privacy. With that being said the stories were interesting.
Political biased does play a part in this story with more consrervitive leanings. It also contains a lot of ranting about the administration of the secret service. I ...more

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Jan 17, 2012

J rated it

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Very interesting for non-fiction. I read it in one day.

Reading about the private lives of presidents was interesting, but it felt wrong to get the information confidentially from secret service agents. Even if I accept Kessler's premise that the public has a right to know about the private lives of politicians, I don't think they have a right to know it from the Secret Service. Those guys (and gals) need to keep their mouths shut. The truth can leak out from other sources. They shoul...more

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Oct 26, 2011

Will rated it

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Shelves: non-fiction, terrorism

Kessler offers two stories here. One is a protect-and-tell in which he lets the reader in on how many of the presidents, first ladies, and others who are protected by the Secret Service, behave in private. It is not at all graphic but reaffirms some notions we have of protectees and counters the image we might have of others. The personal unpleasantness portrayed is matched by nearly as many favorable portraits.

Kessler is a died-in-the-wool conservative, and this comes across. He clea...moreKessler offers two stories here. One is a protect-and-tell in which he lets the reader in on how many of the presidents, first ladies, and others who are protected by the Secret Service, behave in private. It is not at all graphic but reaffirms some notions we have of protectees and counters the image we might have of others. The personal unpleasantness portrayed is matched by nearly as many favorable portraits.

Kessler is a died-in-the-wool conservative, and this comes across. He clearly worships at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Reagan. He has also written admiring biographies of W and Laura Bush and, somewhat harder hitting work about Democratic presidencies. In addition, he is the chief Washington DC correspondent for Newsmax on-line and print magazine, an entity funded by, among others, that champion of liberty and fair play, Richard Mellon Scaife, so you know that there is likely to be some cushiness to the portrayal of Repugs and some harshness at the portrayal of Dems. IMHO, that was definitely there. While it was not a black and white portrayal, his affection for most of the Republicans he portrays comes across. It is interesting nonetheless.

The other story is Kessler's look at the management of the Secret Service. He portrays the Service management as constantly kowtowing to the demands of politicos by reducing protection activities. The greatest general incidence has to do with reducing or eliminating magnetic screening when there are large events. The politicians do not want to alienate their followers and the number of people who show up for such events often is greater than the screening can manage. The result is that a late-arriver with a weapon would be able to get close to a potential high level target, clearly not a good thing. Politicos who love to meet and greet are at particular risk, Reagan and Clinton being the chief risk-takers in this regard.

Kessler's description of Secret Service duties is illuminating and intriguing. It is no surprise that, as with so many agencies, they have had their responsibilities enlarged while their budget has not been correspondingly inflated. The result is that there are people protecting our leaders who are doing so on short rest and with inadequate training. I guess that does not matter as long as the wealthy get their tax breaks and vast sums of our money still goes to unwarranted foreign entanglements and boondoggle military projects. It is also clear that the Secret Service is in need of a considerable reorganization. It was surprising to learn that the service is responsible for a range of police duties beyond protecting our leaders, largely having to do with counterfeiting and other Treasury Department concerns. As the service has moved from Treasury to Homeland Security, it seems an inappropriate relic for that responsibility to remain with the service. This would leave the service to attend to its core task, and remove managerial incentive to redirect agents from protection to police duties that boost the agency's arrest numbers.

Overall, this was an interesting, at times amusing, if clearly slanted look at a service about which most of us know very little. It adds a little light to our notions of certain people and raises serious concerns about the ability of the service to do its job properly. (less)

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Jul 22, 2011

Rebecca rated it

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I rarely watch the interviews on THE DAILY SHOW anymore because most of them are boring to me and I have like no attention span for that anymore. But for some reason back in July or August, I actually sat through one and it was kind of interesting. It was the author to this book and some of the dish he gave on the show sounded interesting, so I added it to my library queue and I finally got the book about 2 weeks ago. Oy, SO BORING! All the good goss he said on the show, there was nothing really...more

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Jul 03, 2011

Kay rated it

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Shelves: political, non-fiction

I did enjoy this book on the 'inner workings' of the Secret Service. With the cooperation of the Secret Service, interviews from past and present agents gave us a small look at the different Presidents, their families and other political figures they have protected. Starting with Kennedy there's something about each president along with some Vice Presidents, a few Presidential candidates and a few of the Cabinet members of President Bush. [Tom Ridge comes across poorly] The author also relat...moreI did enjoy this book on the 'inner workings' of the Secret Service. With the cooperation of the Secret Service, interviews from past and present agents gave us a small look at the different Presidents, their families and other political figures they have protected. Starting with Kennedy there's something about each president along with some Vice Presidents, a few Presidential candidates and a few of the Cabinet members of President Bush. [Tom Ridge comes across poorly] The author also relates how the Secret Service is using outdated weapons, methods and taking too many chances with their protection. These problems seem to be strictly with management and the agents are doing the best with what they have to work with. Agents leave the service long before retirement due to this bureaucratic bull shit.

One quote was if the public knew what these people were like they would scream. Actually there wasn't anything too shocking that surprised me except Jimmy Carter. He was a total fake with no regard for others. He only smiles in public and did not want anyone on the White House staff to even look at him. He never once spoke to the driver he had for 3 1/2 years. He'd carry empty luggage on a trip so the press would think he was carrying his own luggage and he'd go to his office early in the morning so people would think he was working and then he'd sleep. I've never been a Carter fan but I did view him as a 'kindly foolish uncle' type until reading this book.

Both Presidents Bushes and their wives, and the Obamas are said to be genuinely nice people. Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan were also sincere and personable but their wives didn't fare as well. By the same token Lynn Cheney and Tipper Gore were favorites of the Secret Service but their husbands sure weren't. Chelsea Clinton was the favored child of the White House and Amy Carter came off as a total brat. The teens inhabiting the White House were problematic for the Secret Service and anyone who has raised teens certainly understand that. The stories on the Bush twins were funny and the one about Carter's son certainly was entertaining. Pat Nixon was a lush, LBJ was crude and nasty [is their anyone in the world over 30 that didn't know that?}, Gerald Ford was a cheap tipper [big deal], and the stories about David Eisenhower [for the younger set= Ike's grandson and Richard Nixon's son in law] were hilarious!! Nothing new that hasn't been reported about Nixon or Kennedy.

If your politics lean too far to the left you will not enjoy this book because there are no great scandals about the Republican Presidents. If your politics lean too far to the right you probably will not enjoy this book either because it gives no scandals on the last 2 Democratic Presidents [unless you are an ex smoker and find it disgraceful that Obama is still smoking].

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Feb 13, 2010

Jeremy rated it

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How do I describe a book in which some of the substance was interesting yet was so poorly written? While there were some interesting stories about presidents and other protectees, most of the material is simply gossip from disgruntled agents. I'm sure Kessler believes he's writing some kind of scandalous expose, but really he's just regurgitating the universal complaints that go with the territory of federal civil service. The technical chapters are terribly boring and stylistically, the book...more

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Feb 10, 2010

Geri rated it

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Recommends it for: No one. It is not well written or well researched

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In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect
by Ronald Kessler
(Crown Publishers, November 2009)
The people who serve in the United States Secret Service seem to live in an alternate universe. They stand erect, almost motionless and devoid of any facial expression. Their astringent demeanor is all that is necessary to broadcast their purpose for being who they are, why they are, where they are.
These a...more

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Feb 03, 2010

John Min rated it

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This here book's a real page turner. Amazing look at the protected (President, VP's, First family members) from the agents perspective. Starts out with a history of the Secret Service that is fascinating from page one and continues with assasinations and attempts, the lives and personas of the protected and what it takes to secure the President. They talk about the equipment, logistics and the manpower it takes for the President to travel. He finishes with a look at the problems facing the Sec...more

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Jan 22, 2010

Alyce (At Home With Books) rated it

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I read In the President's Secret Service while riding in the car on vacation with my husband. He can always tell when I am finding a book to be interesting because I will stop every few pages and tell him little tidbits from the book. So that's what I did for our entire drive while reading this book (which I'm sure drove him crazy).

Most of what I knew about the Secret Service prior to reading this book had been gleaned from watching episodes of The West Wing, and movies such as In the ...moreI read In the President's Secret Service while riding in the car on vacation with my husband. He can always tell when I am finding a book to be interesting because I will stop every few pages and tell him little tidbits from the book. So that's what I did for our entire drive while reading this book (which I'm sure drove him crazy).

Most of what I knew about the Secret Service prior to reading this book had been gleaned from watching episodes of The West Wing, and movies such as In the Line of Fire. In other words I had a very Hollywood view of the Secret Service.

I was most surprised to find out that the Secret Service was originally formed as a division of the Department of the Treasury in 1865 in order to track down counterfeiters.

At the time, an estimated one third of the nation's currency was counterfeit. States issued their own currency printed by sixteen hundred state banks. Nobody knew what their money was supposed to look like. Page 3

I also didn't know that investigating fraud is still one of their responsibilities, and that they and the FBI sometimes investigate the same cases.

Topics covered in the book range from training and responsibilities of the agents to personal dirt on each of the presidents and their families for the past fifty years. The author also spends a great deal of time focused on ways the agency is lacking (by being short staffed, having old equipment, lack of proper crowd screening at events, etc.), and how this could threaten the security of our leaders.

The book really jumps around a lot from topic to topic. It would switch back and forth from the training of the agents, to gossipy stories about the presidents and their families (which I have to admit were fun to read in the same way as reading tabloid headlines at the checkout counter).

A good deal of the last section of the book is devoted to the inadequacies of the Secret Service. If they are true, then it makes a scary case for the lack of security currently provided for our leaders (and makes me wonder at the wisdom of giving people ideas by outlining the weaknesses of our leaders' protection).

I recommend reading In the President's Secret Service if you don't know very much about the history of the Secret Service or how it operates today. I have to be honest and say that I enjoyed this book the most for its gossipy information about the presidents and their families.(less)

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Dec 22, 2009

Alisa rated it

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Recommends it for: Any one who wants their eyes opened.

Shelves: historical-non-fiction, non-fiction

Really interesting (and worthwhile) read. Besides all the facts and interesting stories about the Secret Service itself, there is a plethora of interesting - and often infuriating - stories about the presidents they served. I'm one of those who think these stories should (and need to be) told. Why should we venerate men who treat their servants like crap, mock the people who elected them to office, and generally break every moral commitment that exists? It didn't surprise me to discover that...more

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Dec 06, 2009

Michael Stockbridge rated it

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This book takes a look into the history of the secret service and the issues they've faced in the past and issues they face today in the age of "terrorism".

Although some of the stories regarding previous assassination attempts were interesting, overall I wasn't too impressed with the book. It is way too much of an expose of how our past presidents and their first families have acted behind closed doors. I still can't decide if this is something we need to know or rather...more

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Dec 01, 2009

Zach rated it

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Shelves: 2009-books, law-enforcement-true-crime, e-books, intel

Pretty good. Though not exactly what I expected. Much of the book provide's "insider accounts" about the private lives of Presidents, their families, and other VIPs. Some of the stories are interesting, others come across as nasty back biting (this is not helped by that fact that most of the sources are anonymous, that is understandable to some extent, but in some cases it raises the appearance of back biting against a former boss).

Unlike similar books about govt. agenc...more

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Sep 20, 2009

Robin rated it

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Parts of this book were so good I didn't want to put it down. Yet, there were some parts that were so boring I skimmed the pages. There were some good insights into the Secret Service, and the history of the organization was wonderfully done. But, at times, the book took on a gossipy tone which, while fun to read, didn't really add much to the core content. On the other hand, that is probably what will move books because we have an unquenchable thirst for gossip about....well, everyone.
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Sep 20, 2011

Cruton rated it

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I am not quite sure what I was expecting with this book, regardless however the majority of the first half of the book is in essence White House gossip. I found this to be hugely entertaining. Seeing how former presidents were behind the scenes including how all of them seemed to have boat loads of women waiting in the wings for them was awesome.
It was also interesting to get a sense of how the Secret Service operates and evaluates threats. You think everything goes so smoothly from the ou...more I am not quite sure what I was expecting with this book, regardless however the majority of the first half of the book is in essence White House gossip. I found this to be hugely entertaining. Seeing how former presidents were behind the scenes including how all of them seemed to have boat loads of women waiting in the wings for them was awesome.
It was also interesting to get a sense of how the Secret Service operates and evaluates threats. You think everything goes so smoothly from the outside and then you read the story about how former President Carter was a douche to his agents so when told the to get his bags from the car onto Airforce one they simply opened the car trunk and closed it and made him go without a change of clothes for two days.
As entertaining as this was the book also presents a very grim picture of the current state of the service. Conducting well rehearsed training 'exercises' to impress congressional visitors, treating agents like complete shit transfering them without reason and against all reason and demanding they work insane hours, not training and not evaluating agents, under-staffing under-resourcing and over-commiting the agency. The author gives a definite sense that the present Secret Service is rife with corruption, not so much in the sense that people are taking bribes or something, but in the sense that the agency has rotted from the inside and no longer serves any purpose other than the appearance of security, which in my opinion could be said for a great many of the security measures put in place since 9/11 but is particularly troubling in this case when it involves the personal safety of the president of the United States of America.
At one point the author pursues what seems like a very odd grudge against fellow author Ron Suskind for an apparently bogus account of some Secret Service agents interrogating a suspect.
Additionally, while one finds the accounts of past presidents interesting and credible the author includes information not only on the Clintons and the most recent Bushs but also a tidbit here and there on the Obamas. This I find to be somewhat less credible as the time in office creeps closer to the present because not enough time has passed to give us enough distance to see clearly but also somewhat troubling in that it is all well and good for Secret Service agents to spill the beans on Presidents 20 years and more out of office, but to speak of those whose recently out of office or currently occupy the office is I think, distasteful.
In all a good book. Bogs down toward the end when he just goes through the litany of problems in the service.(less)

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Jan 28, 2010

Jeff rated it

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I listened to this in audiobook format in a little over a week.

The book challenged my view of the Secret Service. For each account of brave heroism like stopping the assassination attempt on Reagan, the author (Kessler) painted sad stories like the Washington police agent who went out to get a drink while Lincoln watched his last play to modern stories of orders to turning off magnetometer screening after buckling to pressure to let more people into a Bush 43 event.

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Dec 09, 2009

Jess rated it

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This book was full of gossipy stories and tidbits about every president since Kennedy. While I found these stories interesting, I am puzzled by the integrity of Kessler's sources as he emphasizes the need for the Secret Service to keep the trust of the first families yet those who have relayed the stories to him have violated that basic tenant. I don't know that a SS agent for Kennedy or Johnson would feel that the knowledge they protect about those families is still priviledged today, and it ma...more

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Dec 14, 2009

Jamie rated it

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The humongous, full title of this book by Ronald Kessler is "In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect." And as the title suggests, it aims to tell the secret story of the equally secret service, gleaned by meticulous research, high quality reporting, cross-referencing each story with multiple sources, and maintaining a tone of level headed objectivity without taking sides.

Ha ha, no. Seriously. No. W...moreThe humongous, full title of this book by Ronald Kessler is "In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect." And as the title suggests, it aims to tell the secret story of the equally secret service, gleaned by meticulous research, high quality reporting, cross-referencing each story with multiple sources, and maintaining a tone of level headed objectivity without taking sides.

Ha ha, no. Seriously. No. While it's true that Kessler does aim to tell exciting and interesting stories about the Secret Service based on his extensive interviews with current and former Agents, what we end up with here doesn't bear much resemblance to anything derived from sound journalism or rigorous research. Instead, the author seems most interested in taking quotes (often anonymous) from Agents (often disgruntled) that are assumed to be true without any kind of verification and usually without any kind of qualification. Think "tabloid."

That's bad enough but Kessler seems to be intent on wringing every bit of sensationalism he can out of the book, usually in the form of painting extreme pictures of the Presidents and other people protected by the Secret Service. So you get stories about how Jimmy Carter was aloof with the staff and disingenuous with the public, or how the Bushes sent the Agents steaks every year, and how Al Gore couldn't stop eating cookies. Or how the appropriately named President Johnson would walk around the White House with his, um, namesake hanging out. Some of these are entertaining, but are tainted by their apocryphal nature, and Kessler's judgmental tone.

Kessler also makes the frankly absurd mistake of thinking that I'm more interested in employee relations problems within the Secret Service than I am hearing about how they foiled assassination attempts or organize security measures. I sympathize, for example, that Agents have a hard time getting vacation time off or transfers or that their bosses are unsympathetic about all the overtime they're working. But I really don't want to read a whole book about it and I really don't want you to try to convince me of how terrible this all is. The author goes to great lengths to rail against the Secret Service management about all this and more, and frankly it's just not interesting and the bombastic tone of it all is pretty off putting.

The book does have some interesting bits, like an overview of the methods the Agents use to profile threats, the crazy hardware powering the Presidential motorcade, and a few good stories about catching would-be assassins. But those are buried under tedious discussions of stuff I don't care about and an annoying, judgmental tone that relies on thin evidence and hearsay.(less)

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Jan 04, 2011

Chris rated it

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Early on in the book, the author talks about how Secret Service agents "observe everything that goes on behind the scenes" but they must not reveal this to anyone, citing a phrase from their credentials about being worthy of trust and confidence.

The rest of the book is full of stories and quotes from agents who, evidently, were not worthy of it.

The entire book read like a gossip blog, more or less. There are some law-enforcement stories, but it's mainly a hodgepodge...more

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Oct 15, 2009

Dawn rated it

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Shelves: 2009, knowledge-nf

This book basically covered three topics. It skipped around among all three throughout the chapters, so it wasn't the most coherent book. It was part informative, covering the specifics of being in the secret service. That was the most interesting part to me. It also was gossipy, giving the "inside scoop" on the various presidents and VPs and their families. Of course, you can't really know if he is telling the truth. I was a little bit skeptical of all those parts.

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Aug 23, 2011

Tony Smith rated it

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Recommended to Tony by: Lindsey Myers

In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect is an interesting read but at times I was disappointed with the stories Ronald Kessler provided.

As a historian, I was asking myself questions on why details revolving certain events were not shared with the reader to better understand the situation. Instead the author spent considerable time sharing snippets of information in the early sections of the book. This incl...more

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Nov 22, 2009

Robin rated it

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Shelves: for-grown-ups, non-fic

Two and a half stars, really.

Chatty and gossipy -- What I was in the mood for today. Some of it is TMI. I do not want to hear about LBJ's bowels (or balls) or JFK's infidelities or the super-private bits of any other politicians known by their initials. But I am really interested in the fine line between free speech and voicing an actionable threat against the president.

Rather than an exploration into the methods and philosophies of the Secret Service, this is a repeti...more

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Apr 22, 2010

Grace rated it

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This was an interesting book in that it both describes how the Secret Service came to be, how it operates and some of the challenges it faces now. Also, there was some gossip or "war stories" from agents, both named and unnamed, about the presidents and vice presidents and their families. What they said about Hillary Clinton was not surprising. It was nice to read how nice and respectful both Bushes were. And to hear that Laura Bush is just as nice as she seems. Some sexual referenc...more

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Dec 02, 2009

Kaleena Menke rated it

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This book was fun to read cause it was gossipy about past presidents and their family. But, I think the author's goal for the book is to point out all the shortcuts that the Secret Service has been taking since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. (which is pretty ironic that they have less funding now that they are under DHS) "'We don't have enough people or the equipment to do protection the way they advertise we do,' a veteran agent says. 'And how we have not had an incid...more

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Jan 21, 2012

Lori Lawson rated it

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Was an interesting but disjointed read. Half of the book focused on revealing juicy tidbits about the First Families as dished by Secret Service agents. The other half was a soap box message about how disfunctional the Secret Service currently is under the Dept of Homeland Security. Also gave lots of details (too many in my opinion) about how security details are typically understaffed and using outdated weaponry and lack sufficient training to stop any assasination attempts. It was clearly an a...more

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Jun 24, 2010

Mark rated it

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This is the hardback equivalent of a tabloid newspaper -" listen as former Secret Service agents dish dirt on the First Families!!!" (For those keeping score at home, Nancy Reagan & Hilary Clinton are battleaxes, the Carters are standoffish & rude [and had the worst kid to protect:], and George H & Barbara Bush come off smelling like roses.)

Another theme of the book is horrible management of the Secret Service - logistics, staffing, preferential treatment, outdated equipmen...more

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Mar 14, 2010

M rated it

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That with the exception of Abraham Lincoln? America hasn't had a president that was a real stand up guy. That the Secret Service is insular. Riddled with nepotism. A good old boys network that continues to
award millions and millions of dollars to their friends who manufacture old weapons putting the agents in jeopardy.

That the children of some Presidents are spoiled entitled brats, with minor exceptions, (Chelsea Clinton,Obama's)...also the wives rule their husbands and maybe t...more

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Oct 11, 2009

Meri rated it

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For someone with a ton of books, Ronald Kessler is a really shoddy writer. I felt like I was being rambled at by an unbalanced person. The writing takes no real direction: he'll spend a couple of paragraphs talking about President Carter, then jump to a description of the different formations secret service members use, then back to Carter like he never left off. He also has a very unfortunate need to wax philosophical about the structure of the secret service and lack of funding. Incessantly...more

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Sep 03, 2009

Judy rated it

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The author interviewed over a hundred active and retired Secret Service agents to unlock the secrets of the men and women who guard the president, vice-president, their families, and other high ranking government officials. The author describes the recruitment, training, and the political culture within the Secret Service. The book is packed with information about how presidents, first ladies, and their families have treated the Secret Service agents who surround them on a daily basis. Obviou...more

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Oct 13, 2010

Pamela rated it

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This book is definitely a good read but a little rough in the writing style. It is an eye opener although it is very pro little-man of the Secret Service. Kessler traces the work of the Secret Service from its beginnings with Lincoln to the current administration. Obviously, he has reached the every day agents because he manages to tell the inside dirt about various presidents and first ladies. All of this builds while he mounts a case for revamping the Secret Service. He cites example afte...more

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Mar 15, 2010

Cheriejean rated it

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This book, written by a former reporter for the Washington Post and the New York Times, tells the story of the beginnings of the Secret Service, and many of the "happenings" that have occured during the last 50 years in the protection of the presidents and their families. We also become privy to some of the secrets in the lives of the protectees, learn which presidents were respected most, and which ones caused the agents assigned to them the most trouble. The author also writes abou...more

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