The President's Book of Secrets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The President's Book of Secrets write by David Priess. This book was released on 2016-03-01. The President's Book of Secrets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Every president has had a unique and complicated relationship with the intelligence community. While some have been coolly distant, even adversarial, others have found their intelligence agencies to be among the most valuable instruments of policy and power. Since John F. Kennedy's presidency, this relationship has been distilled into a personalized daily report: a short summary of what the intelligence apparatus considers the most crucial information for the president to know that day about global threats and opportunities. This top-secret document is known as the President's Daily Brief, or, within national security circles, simply "the Book." Presidents have spent anywhere from a few moments (Richard Nixon) to a healthy part of their day (George W. Bush) consumed by its contents; some (Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush) consider it far and away the most important document they saw on a regular basis while commander in chief. The details of most PDBs are highly classified, and will remain so for many years. But the process by which the intelligence community develops and presents the Book is a fascinating look into the operation of power at the highest levels. David Priess, a former intelligence officer and daily briefer, has interviewed every living president and vice president as well as more than one hundred others intimately involved with the production and delivery of the president's book of secrets. He offers an unprecedented window into the decision making of every president from Kennedy to Obama, with many character-rich stories revealed here for the first time.
In the President's Secret Service
In the President's Secret Service - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In the President's Secret Service write by Ronald Kessler. This book was released on 2010-08-03. In the President's Secret Service available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After conducting exclusive interviews with more than one hundred current and former Secret Service agents, bestselling author and award-winning reporter Ronald Kessler reveals their secrets for the first time. Never before has a journalist penetrated the wall of secrecy that surrounds the U.S. Secret Service, that elite corps of agents who pledge to take a bullet to protect the president and his family. Kessler portrays the dangers that agents face and how they carry out their missions--from how they are trained to how they spot and assess potential threats. With fly-on-the-wall perspective, he captures the drama and tension that characterize agents’ lives and reveals what they have seen, providing startling, previously untold stories about the presidents, from John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush and Barack Obama, as well as about their families, Cabinet officers, and White House aides.
Presidents' Secrets
Presidents' Secrets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Presidents' Secrets write by Mary Graham. This book was released on 2017-01-01. Presidents' Secrets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ever since the nation's most important secret meeting--the Constitutional Convention--presidents have struggled to balance open, accountable government with necessary secrecy in military affairs and negotiations. For the first one hundred and twenty years, a culture of open government persisted, but new threats and technology have long since shattered the old bargains. Today, presidents neither protect vital information nor provide the open debate Americans expect.
The Presidents Club
The Presidents Club - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Presidents Club write by Nancy Gibbs. This book was released on 2012-04-17. The Presidents Club available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines presidential power within the context of U.S. history and the ongoing relationships presidents and ex-presidents formed with one another.
Executive Secrets
Executive Secrets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Executive Secrets write by William J. Daugherty. This book was released on 2006-06-02. Executive Secrets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Daugherty addresses the public perception of the CIA as a rogue agency that initiates unsanctioned, risky, covert action programs. The 17-year veteran operations officer with the CIA produces evidence to disprove this notion.
