On a regular basis, to appease White House or campaign staffs, Secret Service officials order agents to ignore basic security rules and let people into events without being put through a magnetometer or metal detector. — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
To reform the Secret Service, the agency needs a director from outside the agency who will be immune from that culture and not beholden… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
“The White House is a character crucible," according to Bertram S. Brown, M.D., a psychiatrist who formerly headed the National Institute of Mental Health… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
Complex man that he was, J. Edgar Hoover left nothing to chance. The director shrewdly recognized that building what became known as the world's… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
Voters who disregarded Richard Nixon's involvement in the questionable ethics issue that led to his Checkers speech should not have been surprised when he… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
To become a Secret Service agent, applicants must pass a polygraph exam. But after being hired, agents are never required to undergo regular lie… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
“No one can imagine the kind of pressure being president of the U.S. imposes on an individual and how easily a president can be… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
In a series of articles beginning on Oct. 2, 1966, I wrote about the long-forgotten history of the Liberty Tree. To call attention to… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
“Voters tend to forget that presidents are, first and foremost, people. If they are unbalanced, nasty, and hypocritical, that will be reflected in their… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
Love him or hate him, no one has been able to figure out Donald Trump. — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
Rather than use the term 'profiling,' the profilers prefer to say they engage in criminal investigative analysis. That is because, besides developing profiles, the… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
The media are always on the lookout for possible sightings of D.B. Cooper, the man who parachuted from a plane with $200,000 in ransom… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
The truth is that no internal reviews or congressional hearings will change the Secret Service's broken management culture. It needs better leadership. — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
