![]() ![]() ![]() It is focused on failures and salacious details of questionable behavior by both Presidents (especially Kennedy and Clinton) and agents, without giving much attention at all to the agency’s successes (unless you count Reagan getting only wounded instead of murdered a success). Although I learned a great deal about the Secret Service from this book, it strikes me as a pretty yellow account that probably made for good newspaper journalism (the author writes for the Washington Post). Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by Carol Leonnig, my bookclub’s selection for September, begins with the nearly accidental origins of the Secret Service and runs through the many failures of the Service over the years, concentrating on the Kennedy assassination and the subsequent attacks on Presidents and candidates alike. ![]()
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