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Leonnig, Carol.
Subjects
United States. Secret Service -- History.
United States. Secret Service -- Administration.
Secret service -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- Protection -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- Assassination -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- Assassination attempts -- History.
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Leonnig, Carol.
United States. Secret Service -- History.
United States. Secret Service -- Administration.
Secret service -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- Protection -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- Assassination -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- Assassination attempts -- History.
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Zero fail : the
rise
and
fall
of the
Secret
Service
/ Carol Leonnig.
by
Leonnig, Carol.
Random House Large Print, [2021]
Call #:
LP 363.283 L585z
Subjects
United States.
Secret
Service
-- History.
United States.
Secret
Service
-- Administration.
Secret
service
-- United States -- History.
Presidents -- Protection -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- Assassination -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- Assassination attempts -- History.
ISBN:
9780593414125 (large print trade pbk)
Alternate title:
Rise
and
fall
of the
Secret
Service
.
Edition:
1st large print ed.
Description:
xxiv, 803 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 741-781) and index.
Contents:
Protecting Lancer -- Tempting the devil -- Three shots in Dallas -- No time to grieve -- One last day on the trail -- The president's spies -- A casual walk to church -- Battening down the hatches -- Night of the long knives -- A happy
service
, a rising threat -- A rock star president -- The intern -- Scrambling on 9/11 -- "You don't belong here" -- "He predicted all of it" -- "He'll be shot sure as hell." -- Sullivan's crew -- The night bullets hit the white house -- "I woke up to a nightmare" -- Sullivan's struggles -- Outed -- A new sheriff in town -- A listing ship -- "He's in the house" -- Clancy's turn -- Chaos candidate -- Taking a hit for Trump.
Summary:
"Carol Leonnig has been covering the
Secret
Service
for The Washington Post for most of the last decade, bringing to light the gaffes and scandals that plague the agency today--from a toxic work culture to outdated equipment and training to the deep resentment among the ranks with the agency's leadership. But the
Secret
Service
wasn't always so troubled. The
Secret
Service
was born in 1865, in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but its story begins in earnest in 1963, with the death of John F. Kennedy. Shocked into reform by their failure to protect the president on that fateful day, this once-sleepy agency was rapidly transformed into a proud, elite unit that would finally redeem themselves in 1981 by valiantly thwarting an assassination attempt against Ronald Reagan. But this reputation for courage and efficiency would not last forever. By Barack Obama's presidency, the
Secret
Service
was becoming notorious for break-ins at the White House, an armed gunman firing at the building while agents stood by, a massive prostitution scandal in Cartagena, and many other dangerous lapses. To expose these shortcomings, Leonnig interviewed countless current and former agents who risked their careers to speak out about an agency that's broken and in desperate need of a reform"--Publisher.
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