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The book has received reviews from publications including Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews. [3] [4] [5]Publishers Weekly stated the book was a "comprehensive, sometimes critical and often dry history" with "all aspects of the agency's work are covered extensively: recruiting, training, intelligence gathering, the often-tense relationship between the agency and the people it ...
Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate is a best-selling 2016 book by former United States Secret Service Uniformed Division officer Gary J. Byrne with Grant M. Schmidt that purports to describe President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as they resided in the White House during ...
In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect is a book by Ronald Kessler, published on August 4, 2009, detailing the United States Secret Service involvement in protecting the president of the United States. The book is based on interviews with more than 100 current and ...
Lane describes events in the life of Hiram C. Whitley, including his adventures before the American Civil War, his activities in New Orleans during Civil War under the direction of Gen. Benjamin Butler, and Whitley's leadership role in the early days of the United States Secret Service, including its campaign against the Ku Klux Klan.
Baker's exploits are mainly known through his book A History of the Secret Service which he published in 1867 after his fall from grace. [1] [2] During the early months of the Civil War, he spied for General Winfield Scott on Confederate forces in Virginia.
Conducting his own investigation, Donahue eventually decided that the bullet that struck Kennedy in the head had in fact been fired by United States Secret Service Special Agent George Warren Hickey Jr. (March 24, 1923 – February 25, 2005) from an AR-15 rifle carried in the car immediately following the President's vehicle. The proposed ...
The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to U.S. political leaders, their families, and visiting heads of state or government. [3]
Pocket Books: United States Secret Service: The Sins of the Father: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He Founded: 1996: ISBN 9780446518840: Warner Books: Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Kennedy family: Inside Congress: The Shocking Scandals, Corruption, and Abuse of Power Behind the Scenes on Capitol Hill: 1997: ISBN 9780671003852: Pocket Books: United ...