A history and true-crime book that never fails to inform or entertain. The Not-So-Secret Service is a companion to Survivor’s Guilt, his previous work about the Service and the Kennedy assassination, but it also holds up well on its own. His work is exemplary and his battles with certain dissenting agents humorous and telling. His interviews have been detailed and comprehensive. Vince Palamara is a noted expert on the Secret Service and its duties. The highlights of the agency are notable, but the failure of looms large 53 years later. Agents are listed from the FDR administration through Reagan. The book also tells of a cousin of Hillary Clinton’s who is never publicly mentioned who served in the Presidential Protective Detail. A death of an agent in October 1963 was kept under wraps, and the foul-ups in Dallas were laid at the foot of the murdered 35th President. In the case of Kennedy, some agents left a lot to be desired. The Not-So-Secret Service highlights the work of the agents who guard our chief executives and risk their lives. His interest in the JFK assassination has been around just as long. Survivors Guilt is a musthave book that is both massively documented and. Vince Palamara has been interested in the Secret Service since the 1970s when he was growing up. Vince Palamara is to be highly commended for a most impressive book on the Secret Service and the JFK assassination.
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