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X-WR-CALDESC:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This is one of those books that w
 ill go down as the seminal work—the determinative work—in this field. . . 
 . Terrifying.”—Rachel Maddow\n\nThe first definitive account of the rise a
 nd fall of the Secret Service\, from the Kennedy assassination to the alar
 ming mismanagement of the Obama and Trump years\, right up to the insurrec
 tion at the Capitol on January 6—by the Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New Y
 ork Times bestselling co-author of A Very Stable Genius and I Alone Can Fi
 x It\n \nNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST\n
 \nCarol Leonnig has been reporting on the Secret Service for The Washingto
 n Post for most of the last decade\, bringing to light the secrets\, scand
 als\, and shortcomings that plague the agency today—from a toxic work cult
 ure to dangerously outdated equipment to the deep resentment within the ra
 nks 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 tro
 ubled.\n\nThe Secret Service was born in 1865\, in the wake of the assassi
 nation 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 prote
 ct the president on that fateful day in Dallas\, this once-sleepy agency w
 as radically transformed into an elite\, highly trained unit that would re
 deem itself several times\, most famously in 1981 by thwarting an assassin
 ation attempt against Ronald Reagan. But this reputation for courage and e
 xcellence would not last forever. By Barack Obama’s presidency\, the once-
 proud Secret Service was running on fumes and beset by mistakes and alarmi
 ng lapses in judgment: break-ins at the White House\, an armed gunman firi
 ng 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 Sec
 ret Service to rack up political and personal gains.\n\nGail Edwards is th
 e leader of the book club.\n
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DESCRIPTION:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This is one of those books that wi
 ll go down as the seminal work—the determinative work—in this field. . . .
  Terrifying.”—Rachel Maddow\n\nThe first definitive account of the rise an
 d fall of the Secret Service\, from the Kennedy assassination to the alarm
 ing mismanagement of the Obama and Trump years\, right up to the insurrect
 ion at the Capitol on January 6—by the Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New Yo
 rk Times bestselling co-author of A Very Stable Genius and I Alone Can Fix
  It\n \nNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST\n\n
 Carol Leonnig has been reporting on the Secret Service for The Washington 
 Post for most of the last decade\, bringing to light the secrets\, scandal
 s\, and shortcomings that plague the agency today—from a toxic work cultur
 e to dangerously outdated equipment to the deep resentment within the rank
 s at key agency leaders\, who put protecting the agency’s once-hallowed im
 age before fixing its flaws. But the Secret Service wasn’t always so troub
 led.\n\nThe Secret Service was born in 1865\, in the wake of the assassina
 tion of Abraham Lincoln\, but its story begins in earnest in 1963\, with t
 he 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 rede
 em itself several times\, most famously in 1981 by thwarting an assassinat
 ion attempt against Ronald Reagan. But this reputation for courage and exc
 ellence would not last forever. By Barack Obama’s presidency\, the once-pr
 oud 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 fe
 w. With Donald Trump’s arrival\, a series of promised reforms were cast as
 ide\, as a president disdainful of public service instead abused the Secre
 t Service to rack up political and personal gains.\n\nGail Edwards is the 
 leader of the book club.\n
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SUMMARY:Book Club: Zero Fail: THe Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by Ca
 rol Leonnig (Hybrid Class)
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