Carol Leonnig – författare

The Secret Service has one of the most important jobs in the United States. In this Pulitzer Prize winning investigation, Carol Leonnig’s exposes the dereliction of duty that has put the President—and the nation—at risk. In September of 2014, a man leapt the White House fence, ran across the lawn, and got into the mansion, where he was only later tackled by an off-duty agent who happened by. In 2011, the Secret Service mishandled the aftermath when a shooter took aim at the White House itself, sewing confusion within the division and amongst the First Family. The mission of the Secret Service is to keep our leaders safe. In this respect, the Secret Service has had a string of failures bordering on near-catastrophe. Carol Leonnig got beyond the stonewalling of the Secret Service, notoriously tight-lipped about its procedures, and its shortcomings, to write a meticulously researched, utterly devastating expose into one of the most vital police forces in America. She has chronicled security lapses, mishandled resources, failures from the leadership on down, and reported on the men and women who protect the President. This Pulitzer Prize winning work offers an unprecedented window into the flaws of an agency that once seemed picture-perfect. Many agents and officers spoke to Leonnig at the risk of their livelihoods. The impact of her groundbreaking work cannot be underestimated: the President, present and future, will be safer.

The first definitive account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, from the Kennedy assassination to the alarming mismanagement of the Obama and Trump years, right up to the insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January 2021 — by the Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of A Very Stable GeniusCarol Leonnig has been reporting on the Secret Service for The Washington Post for most of the last decade, bringing to light the secrets, scandals, and shortcomings that plague the agency today — from a toxic work culture to dangerously outdated equipment to the deep resentment within the ranks at key agency leaders, who put protecting the agency’s once-hallowed image before fixing its flaws. But the Secret Service wasn’t always so troubled.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. Kennedy. Shocked into reform by its failure to protect the president on that fateful day in Dallas, this once-sleepy agency was radically transformed into an elite, highly trained unit that would redeem itself several times, most famously in 1981 by thwarting an assassination attempt against Ronald Reagan. But this reputation for courage and excellence would not last forever. By Barack Obama’s presidency, the once-proud Secret Service was running on fumes and beset by mistakes and alarming lapses in judgement: break-ins at the White House, an armed gunman firing into the windows of the residence while confused agents stood by, and a massive prostitution scandal among agents in Cartagena, to name just a few. With Donald Trump’s arrival, a series of promised reforms were cast aside, as a president disdainful of public service instead abused the Secret Service to rack up political and personal gains.To explore these problems in the ranks, Leonnig interviewed dozens of current and former agents, government officials, and whistleblowers who put their jobs on the line to speak out about a hobbled agency that’s in desperate need of reform. ‘I will be forever grateful to them for risking their careers,’ she writes, ‘not because they wanted to share tantalising gossip about presidents and their families, but because they know that the Service is broken and needs fixing. By telling their story, they hope to revive the Service they love.’

2020 ist das Schicksalsjahr der USA. Im November wird der Präsident gewählt, und die Lage spitzt sich dramatisch zu: Wird Trump es noch einmal schaffen? Und was würde das bedeuten? Dieses Buch gibt die Antwort.Im Gewitter der täglichen Tweets und »News« treten die beiden Pulitzer-Preisträger von der »Washington Post« einen Schritt zurück, um die Amtszeit Trumps Schritt für Schritt zu rekonstruieren. Sie nutzen eine Fülle von neuen Details und Erkenntnissen, die sie aus Hunderten Stunden Interview-Material mit mehr als 200 Verwaltungsbeamten, Trump-Vertrauten und anderen Augenzeugen gewonnen haben, um entscheidende Muster hinter dem täglichen Chaos in der Regierung aufzudecken. Exzellent recherchiert und meisterhaft erzählt, lassen sie ein Bild von Trump entstehen, das uns besorgt stimmen sollte: Seine Versuche, das amerikanische System und die Demokratie zu unterlaufen, sind erfolgreicher als gedacht. In diesem Jahr geht es wirklich um alles.- Dieses Buch müssen Sie gelesen haben, um in diesem Jahr 2020 mitreden zu können!- Wer dieses Buch liest, versteht die Hintergründe und weiß, was auf dem Spiel steht!- Ein Insider-Bericht, der Hunderte von Stunden Interviews mit über 200 Augenzeugen auswertet, lebendig und packend geschrieben, als sei man »live« dabei- Zahlreiche neue Erkenntnisse über Trumps Amtsführung; u.a. erstmals alle Hintergründe über den Mueller-Report sowie über die russische Einmischung in den Wahlkampf 2016

Vavisuttava kuvaus kaaoksen kuninkaasta, jonka korttitalo uhkaa kaatua.Ainutlaatuisiin sisäpiirilähteisiin perustuva kirja Donald Trumpin myrskyisästä presidenttikaudesta, joka on johtanut virkarikostutkintaan. Itsevaltaisesti ja päähänpistojensa mukaan toimiva Trump on ajanut suurvallan kaaokseen - osin tarkoituksellisesti. Amerikan demokratia on tulikokeessa, jonka ratkaisevat hetket ovat käsillä.Koukuttava paljastuskirja suurvallan huipulta!Washington Postin toimittajat Philip Rucker ja Carol Leonnig ovat haastatelleet kirjaa varten yli 200 lähdettä, mukana presidentti Donald Trumpin ystäviä ja neuvonantajia. Leonnig ja Rucker ovat Pulitzer-palkittuja toimittajia.

Vavisuttava kuvaus kaaoksen kuninkaasta, jonka korttitalo uhkaa kaatua.Ainutlaatuisiin sisäpiirilähteisiin perustuva kirja Donald Trumpin myrskyisästä presidenttikaudesta, joka on johtanut virkarikostutkintaan. Itsevaltaisesti ja päähänpistojensa mukaan toimiva Trump on ajanut suurvallan kaaokseen - osin tarkoituksellisesti. Amerikan demokratia on tulikokeessa, jonka ratkaisevat hetket ovat käsillä.Koukuttava paljastuskirja suurvallan huipulta!Washington Postin toimittajat Philip Rucker ja Carol Leonnig ovat haastatelleet kirjaa varten yli 200 lähdettä, mukana presidentti Donald Trumpin ystäviä ja neuvonantajia. Leonnig ja Rucker ovat Pulitzer-palkittuja toimittajia.