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Loading... In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect (original 2009; edition 2010)by Ronald Kessler
Work InformationIn the president's secret service by Ronald KESSLER (2009)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. An interesting book about what goes on in the Secret Service. There's a little too much whining about how the budget keeps getting cut and that could possibly lead to a dangerous situation with one of the protectees. The anecdotes about the proctectees as seen from the behind-the-scenes-guys are amusing. ( ) An interesting book by Ron Kessler who has a fairly impressive background. A bit dated when I read this but lots of good info on what the Secret Service does and how they deal with many obstacles. There are profiles on the Presidents going back as far as Kennedy. The behind the scenes tales of their mannerisms and quite frankly with some, pettiness, is quite entertaining. Kessler delves often into the difficulties agents face with the long hours and grueling schedules and how it impact their personal lives greatly. There is quite a bit of lobbying for reforms in the service and how laxness in administration is cause for concern as we have witnessed. A fairly wide sweeping perspective on this most important security force and the challenges it faces. Another review bombed by this website... dang this is getting bad. Another, really enjoyed this book and the narrator was excellent. I had no idea what the SS had to go thru to care for their charges, and how arrogant and annoying those charges can actually be. However, it really doesn't matter how a president treats his SS bodyguards, and the book seems to hint that this is (was) and important part of evaluating a president. It's not. Anyway, highly recommend, easy to listen to, straightforward book, and entertaining to boot.
What is truly dangerous is the kind of National Enquirer-style gossip in Kessler's book. In the future, without "trust and confidence" in their agents, presidents will want to keep them at a distance, out of spying range -- and out of safety range, when split seconds may count. Distinctions
Because Secret Service agents are sworn to secrecy, the American public rarely knows what presidents, vice presidents, presidential candidates, and Cabinet officers and their families are really like. If they did, says a former Secret Service agent, "They would scream." No library descriptions found. |
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