The fight: a Secret Service agent's inside account of security failings and the political machine [First edition] 9781250082985, 9781250082992, 1250082986, 9781250116901, 1250116902

What events led a veteran Secret Service agent at the top of his profession, with no political experience, to resign his

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English Pages xi, 226 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm Year 2016

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The fight: a Secret Service agent's inside account of security failings and the political machine [First edition]
 9781250082985, 9781250082992, 1250082986, 9781250116901, 1250116902

Table of contents :
Introduction: There are no silver medals in politics --
The White House fence jumper --
What bureaucrats can learn from the Secret Service security model --
The IRS scandal: have we reached a turning point? --
Hitting the emergency brake on out-of-control government --
The White House drone crash and the coming privacy nightmare --
Istanbul, Bowe Bergdahl, and the unforgivable sin --
The future of policing --
The bureaucrats are far more dangerous that the gun carriers --
Charlie Hebdo, Paris terror, and presidential leadership --
The "establishment" versus the "grassroots" --
It's all about the money, but not for long --
Media bias: fighting back --
Everyone wants to be the president and here's why --
Your vote matters, but not for the reasons you may think --
It's not just the lobbyists destroying the political process --
Why blue states matter --
Can the current two-party system save us? --
Are there any good guys left? Here's the bad news --
Hillary's e-mails, Sebelius' politicking, and Clapper's lies --
America needs to "get big."

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