![]() ![]() Through interviews with whistleblowers, current agents and former agents, Leonnig reveals what she says is the Secret Service’s toxic work culture, outdated training techniques and deep resentment among the ranks with the agency's leadership. ![]() Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carol Leonnig has been covering the Secret Service since 2000, and her new book, Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service, exposes the triumphs and failures of the Secret Service, documenting a broken agency in desperate need of reform. Now, in the 21st century, the Secret Service is better defined by its failure to avert break-ins at the White House, armed gunmen firing at government buildings, a massive prostitution scandal in Cartagena, and many other instances of negligence. The agency transformed into a proud, elite unit that would redeem themselves again two decades later by successfully thwarting an assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan. Kennedy in 1963, the Secret Service was whipped into shape. ![]() Following the assassination of President John F. Originally created to suppress counterfeit currency, the Secret Service has since become the primary agency to protect prominent politicians and their families. One of the final things Abraham Lincoln did on the day of his death was approve legislation that created what would become the Secret Service. ![]()
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