Poorly written. Most gossip and severely lacking substance. If the author hadn't repeated himself so many times the book would have been a lot shorter.
Kessler returns with an inside look at the secret side of the FBI. Nowhere near as clandestine as its CIA counterpart, the Bureau still has some secrets found within its closets, apart from the famed Hoover Era. Kessler examines the Bureau from many sides and during a number of time periods, offe...
I started reading this book after I first read the author’s book on the Secret Service which made a passing comment on how the FBI holds itself to a higher standard than the Secret Service in terms of leadership structure and accountability. The book is written in a journalistic style and filled...
The author provides a detailed inside account about the challenging job of protecting the president, his family and those around him, often with too few resources. While this is a well-researched book complete with the first-hand accounts you would expect, there are a couple flaws that keep it fr...
Revealing the Secrets of the World's Most Powerful Agency “This tour is never dull, especially since it features so much 007 gadgetry, from water-spraying silent drills to eavesdropping devices that work by zapping laster beams through windows.” —The Los Angeles Times Ronald Kessler's explosive...
Were a jackal to strike, it would most likely be when the president has left the cocoon of the White House. Every assassin has pounced when a president is most vulnerable—outside the White House, usually when arriving or departing from an event. That window of vulnerability opens several times a ...