Within the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Brokers within the Line of Hearth and the Presidents They Shield

By no means earlier than has a journalist penetrated the wall of secrecy that surrounds the U.S. Secret Service, that elite corps of brokers who pledge to take a bullet to guard the president and his household. Kessler portrays the risks that brokers face and the way they perform their missions–from how they’re educated to how they spot and assess potential threats. With fly-on-the-wall perspective, he captures the drama and pressure that characterize brokers’ lives and divulges what they’ve seen, offering startling, beforehand untold tales concerning the presidents, from John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush and Barack Obama, in addition to about their households, Cupboard officers, and White Home aides.