Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service By Carol Leonnig

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This is one of those books that will go down as the seminal work—the determinative work—in this field. . . . Terrifying.”—Rachel MaddowThe 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 January 6—by the Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of A Very Stable Genius and I Alone Can Fix It Carol 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to light the secrets, scandals, and shortcomings that plague the agency today—from a toxic work culture to dangerously outdated equipment to the deep resentment within the ranks at key agency leaders, who put protecting the agency’s once-hallowed image before fixing its flaws. 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 its failure to protect the president on that fateful day in Dallas, this once-sleepy agency was radically transformed into an elite, highly trained unit that would redeem itself several times, most famously in 1981 by thwarting an assassination attempt against Ronald Reagan. But this reputation for courage and excellence would not last forever. By Barack Obama’s presidency, the once-proud Secret Service was running on fumes and beset by mistakes and alarming lapses in judgment: break-ins at the White House, an armed gunman firing into the windows of the residence while confused agents stood by, and a massive prostitution scandal among agents in Cartagena, to name just a few. With Donald Trump’s arrival, a series of promised reforms were cast aside, as a president disdainful of public service instead abused the Secret Service to rack up political and personal gains.To explore these problems in the ranks, Leonnig interviewed dozens of current and former agents, government officials, and whistleblowers who put their jobs on the line to speak out about a hobbled agency that’s in desperate need of reform. “I will be forever grateful to them for risking their careers,” she writes, “not because they wanted to share tantalizing gossip about presidents and their families, but because they know that the Service is broken and needs fixing. By telling their story, they hope to revive the Service they love.”

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In this book, Carol Leonnig, an investigative reporter for The Washington Post, collects her extensive research about the U.S. Secret Service; highlighting the history of the organization, and the current problems it faces. Leonnig conducted hours of interviews with over 180 people, most of whom only agreed to talk under condition of anonymity, in order to gather as much information as possible. These former and current agents and other related sources have decided to shine a light on the operational difficulties, leadership issues, controversies, and other problems the Service faces; so that hopefully improvements can be made in the future.The book is divided into 5 parts: The Kennedy to Nixon years, The Ford to Clinton years, the Bush years, the Obama years, and finally the Trump years. Each part has several chapters that document the major crises and changes that occurred during those presidencies; and many unreported incidents. The chapters contain real accounts of events that took place, albeit with the agent's names usually changed. I found the first few chapters particularly interesting, as they explain the origin of the Secret Service after the Lincoln assassination, and later the challenges of protecting a controversial President Kennedy.Much of the later chapters though, focus mostly on the many controversies and mistakes the Service has made, and the times the agency failed to adequately perform its assigned tasks. This will probably upset some people, as the book seems to focus on exposing as many failures as possible, while not spending much time highlighting the successful operations. There also doesn't seem to be much of an effort to propose possible solutions to these problems, although perhaps that isn't the goal of the book exactly. There are quite a few stories of incompetence or misuse of resources, that I'm sure the Secret Service would rather the public not be made aware of.Overall, this book was very interesting, and I enjoyed the historical information the most. The later chapters feel more like a “Secret Failures of the Secret Service” report; somewhat surprising and troubling information indeed. I'm not sure if this will actually lead to any institutional changes, but if you are interested in these kind of details, then you will probably enjoy this book.

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