The first definitive account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, from the Kennedy assassination to the alarming mismanagement of the Obama and Trump years, right up to the insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January 2021 – by the Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of _ A Very Stable Genius _Ĭarol Leonnig has been reporting on the Secret Service for The Washington Post for most of the last decade, bringing to light the secrets, scandals, and shortcomings that plague the agency today – from a toxic work culture to dangerously outdated equipment to the deep resentment within the ranks at key agency leaders, who put protecting the agency’s once-hallowed image before fixing its flaws. ‘This is one of those books that will go down as the seminal work – the determinative work – in this field … Terrifying.’ – Rachel Maddow
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