

It’s clear she means to save the agency from many forces, including itself.Ĭopyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. But she is “in awe of the agents and officers” who do what they do each day. The Washington Post reporter interviewed more than 180 people including current and former agents, directors and other officials, and worked under some pressure: Secret Service leaders and alumni had vowed to attack her work, she says, on the grounds she meant only to embarrass the institution. It is just terrific, to use a phrase from the 1960s, when the service became universally admired. Here is journalism as a true and honest public service: Carol Leonnig’s new book, “Zero Fail,” about the rise and fall of the Secret Service.

Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly Main Street: Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson's ludicrous tirade targets former Attorney General William Barr and highlights the great liberal frustration that the special counsel couldn’t bring down President Trump.
