Secrets of the Secret Service, Gary J. Byrne
Secrets of the Secret Service, Gary J. Byrne
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Secrets of the Secret Service
The History and Uncertain Future of the U.S. Secret Service

Author: Gary J. Byrne, Grant M. Schmidt

Narrator: Pete Larkin

Unabridged: 9 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 01/02/2018


Synopsis



From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller CRISIS OF CHARACTER comes an explosive new exposé of the Secret Service.
The United States Secret Service is tasked with protecting our Presidents, their families, and the complex in which they live and work. Given this important mission, world stability rests upon the shoulders of its agents.
In his new book, former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne takes readers behind the scenes to understand the agency's history and today's security failings that he believes put Americans at risk
The American public knows the stories of Secret Service heroism, but they don't know about the hidden legacy of problems that have plagued the agency ever since its creation.
Gary Byrne says that decades of catastrophic public failures, near misses, and bureaucratic and cultural rot threaten to erode this critical organization from the inside out.
Today, as it works to protect President Trump, the Secret Service stands at a crossroads, and the time needed to choose the right course is running out. Agents and officers are leaving the Secret Service in droves, or they're being overworked to the point where they lose focus on the job. Management makes decisions based on politics, not the welfare of their employees.
Byrne believes that this means danger for the men and women of the Secret Service, danger for the President they protect, and danger for the nation. In this book, he shares what he has witnessed and learned about the Secret Service with the hope that the problems of this most important agency can be fixed before it's too late.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jacqueline on January 14, 2018

Essential Reading But Not Well Written If you do not remember the early 1970’s then there is vital information in this book that you should know. If you aspire to write tell-all non-fiction you should study this book, especially the sections you do not like. The two authors voices do not blend well. O......more

Goodreads review by Scull17 on December 14, 2017

Part history, part memoir, part manifesto, former Secret Service officer and author Gary J. Byrne rants his way through this 300-page book. But who can blame him? If the Service is as broken as he says it is (and of course it is, congressional hearings and the House oversight committee have proven t......more

Goodreads review by Louise on February 09, 2022

This book, although somewhat informative, is redundant throughout. It would definitely seem that the secret service is a mess, the conclusions that Byrne comes up with are not practical! He wants congress to do this and that...well congress can't do what they're suppose to do now let alone more. I d......more

Goodreads review by Randal on March 27, 2018

Byrne honorably served our government as a member of the Secret Service. In this book, he tells of his experiences, and of experiences of other agents throughout the history of the Secret Service. It seems Byrne's main goal in writing this book was not to expound on any "secrets", but rather to expo......more

Goodreads review by Book Him Danno on March 12, 2018

Gary Byrne starts off the book with delicious details anyone who enjoys gossip will love when it comes to political world but soon readers will find it is nothing more than the authors repetitive rant that he can't seem to stop himself from delivering over and over and over again. The rant is the Se......more