Sunday, October 2, 2011

In the President's Secret Service

I'm reading a great book titled, In The President's Secret Service. The author is Ronald Kessler. It's sort of a "tell all" book about what some of the secret service agents witnessed and dealt with while working with different presidents.

I was shocked to learn that Nancy Reagan was bossy, uptight and rude to the agents while Ronald was a complete gentleman who was friendly, talkative and laid back. His favorite thing to do was ride horses with Nancy and her favorite thing was staying inside and talking to her friends from L.A.

I learned that Kennedy had multiple affairs (no shock there) and so did Lyndon B. Johnson. One time Lady Bird Johnson (his wife) caught him on the couch having sex with his lover and he yelled at the secret service for not warning him that she was home early. Afterards he installed a button that the agents would push to alert him when the Mrs. was coming home. LOL!! I read that he would walk around in the buff at times, urinate from the balcony and have meetings while in the bathroom having a bowel movement. (Awkward).

I learned that Jimmy Carter was mean and wouldn't speak to the agents at all. They were told to not speak to him or even look at him. He carried an empty bag while traveling to make it look like he was carrying his own, and at one time he tried to attack a stray jack russell terrier with a saw because it was eating his cat's food! Wow!

I still have a lot more to read, but highly recommend this book!

<em>In the president's secret service</em>: behind the scenes with agents ...

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