When I was doing interviews at the FBI, my tape recorder battery died. They gave me a new one, and I said,… — Ronald Kessler Doing Copy Share Image
Love him or hate him, no one has been able to figure out Donald Trump. — Ronald Kessler Donald trump Copy Share Image
If FBI agents can't be trusted to wiretap within the law, why trust them to carry weapons or make arrests? — Ronald Kessler Fbi Copy Share Image
In the sweep of history, George W. Bush will be seen as one of our greatest presidents because of the decisions he… — Ronald Kessler Bush Copy Share Image
Whatever they do, criminals and non-criminals act in particular ways. Some writers, for instance, use computers, others pen and paper. Some write… — Ronald Kessler Computers Copy Share Image
“Wherever she spoke, Laura never failed to thank the military for their patriotism and their courage and to express sympathy for those… — Ronald Kessler Biography 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 Change Copy Share Image
Agents who have left the Secret Service to join other federal law enforcement agencies report that training in firearms and counterterrorism tactics… — Ronald Kessler Fitness Copy Share Image
Despite constant vilifying by the media and congressional threats to take away the tools needed to uncover plots, FBI agents and CIA… — Ronald Kessler Clock Copy Share Image
As the Marine One helicopter lifts off from the White House, the Prowler team watches for snipers. The team also responds to… — Ronald Kessler House Copy Share Image
Should Hillary Clinton run for president, voters who ignore the difference between the image she seeks to project and the reality will… — Ronald Kessler Blame 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… — Ronald Kessler Advice 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… — Ronald Kessler Media 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… — Ronald Kessler Biography 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… — Ronald Kessler Attention 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… — Ronald Kessler Biography Copy Share Image
Only when you are self-employed do you fully realize how much more efficient you become when your output directly correlates with how… — Ronald Kessler How 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… — Ronald Kessler Communication Copy Share Image
In the case of the FBI, I revealed that William Sessions, the FBI director, had been engaging in abuses of all kinds,… — Ronald Kessler Case Copy Share Image
Incredibly, whenever I have proposed the theory that half of government workers could be cut, current and former federal employees I know… — Ronald Kessler Current 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… — Ronald Kessler Culture Copy Share Image
Pension funds, endowments, and private investors trust Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital enough to hand it billions of dollars in assets. — Ronald Kessler Company Copy Share Image
I sat next to Carl Bernstein throughout Watergate, and Woodward would come over, and they would argue everything out, so I was… — Ronald Kessler Come Copy Share Image
TacOps is a unit which breaks into homes and offices to plant bugging devices. They get into mafia hangouts, they go into… — Ronald Kessler Go Copy Share Image
With the selection of Acting Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy as the director, President Obama has guaranteed that the agency will… — Ronald Kessler Director Copy Share Image
I have one anecdote about the FBI breaking into an embassy in Washington, and under Hoover, they had this sort of ruse… — Ronald Kessler About 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… — Ronald Kessler Voters 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… — Ronald Kessler Again 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… — Ronald Kessler Chance Copy Share Image
When I interviewed profilers in 1984 in the basement of the FBI Academy at Quantico, VA., there were just four of them… — Ronald Kessler Academy Copy Share Image
Since 9/11, the U.S.A. Patriot Act has torn down the invisible wall that was perceived as preventing the FBI and CIA from… — Ronald Kessler Cia Copy Share Image
My mother, Minuetta Kessler, was a concert pianist and composer who performed at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall. — Ronald Kessler Carnegie hall Copy Share Image
As you can tell from the titles of my books, I like to probe secret organizations, secret subjects. And this sometimes gets… — Ronald Kessler Book Copy Share Image
When 'The Washington Post' ran the first national story about FBI profiling in 1984, no one outside of law enforcement recognized the term. — Ronald Kessler Law Copy Share Image
In typical Washington fashion, nothing gets reformed until a disaster happens. — Ronald Kessler Disaster Copy Share Image
Walk around any shopping mall, and you will see stores and restaurants opened six months ago and are - that are now… — Ronald Kessler Business Copy Share Image
On a regular basis, to appease White House or campaign staffs, Secret Service officials order agents to ignore basic security rules and… — Ronald Kessler Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, decisions made by President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev could have plunged both countries… — Ronald Kessler Could Copy Share Image
The colonists' first protest against the British unfolded on Aug. 14, 1765 at the Liberty Tree. A magnificent elm towering over the… — Ronald Kessler British Copy Share Image
One of my books, called 'Moscow Station,' revealed that a KGB archivist had defected from Russia to the FBI. And I knew… — Ronald Kessler Books Copy Share Image
