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Author:
Kessler, Ronald, 1943-
Title:
In the president's secret service : behind the scenes with agents in the line of fire and the presidents they protect / Ronald Kessler.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Crown Publishers,
Copyright Date:
©2009
Description:
xii, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject:
United States.--Secret Service--History.
Secret service--United States--History.
Presidents--Protection--United States.
United States.--Secret Service.
Presidents--Protection.
Secret service.
United States.
Veiligheidsdiensten.
Presidenten.
Beveiliging.
Verenigde Staten.
Secret service--United States--History.
History.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Supervise -- Lancer -- Volunteer -- Threats -- Searchlight -- Daro -- Passkey -- Crown -- Jackal -- Deacon -- Stagecoach -- Rawhide -- Rainbow -- Hogan's alley -- "I forgot to duck" -- The big show -- Timberwolf -- A psychic's vision -- Eagle -- Cutting corners -- POTUS -- Shutting down magnetometers -- Trailblazer -- Living on borrowed time -- Turquoise and Twinkle -- Angler -- Renegade -- Grenade -- Padding statistics -- Dereliction of duty.
Summary:
Because Secret Service agents are sworn to secrecy, the American public rarely knows what presidents, vice presidents, presidential candidates, and Cabinet officers and their families are really like. If they did, says a former Secret Service agent, "They would scream."
ISBN:
030746136X
9780307461360
0307461351
9780307461353
OCLC:
(OCoLC)316029354
LCCN:
2010275280
Locations:
FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton) — Copies: 11

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