But this reputation for courage and efficiency would not last forever. Shocked into reform by their failure to protect the president on that fateful day, this once-sleepy agency was rapidly transformed into a proud, elite unit that would finally redeem themselves in 1981 by valiantly thwarting an assassination attempt against Ronald Reagan. Presented in partnership with Chicago Humanities FestivalĪbout the book: The Secret Service was born in 1865, in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but its story begins in earnest in 1963, with the death of John F. She will be joined in conversation by Andrea Mitchell.
Carol Leonnig will discuss Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service.
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