by Dan Bongino
First published 2013
Dan Bongino spent twelve years as a Secret Service agent, sworn to protect the President with his life. At the peak of his career, he made a shocking decision. He walked away from his prestigious position to enter the brutal world of politics and speak directly to the American people. The presidential bubble had shown him too much. Staffers, consultants, cronies, and lobbyists created an alternate reality where critical policy decisions happened in a haze of bureaucratic delusion. Bongino witnessed how this insular world produced disasters like the Fast and Furious scandal, the Boston bombings response, and the Benghazi terrorist attacks. Now he fights a different battle. Instead of taking a bullet for one man, he risks everything to defend the Constitution and restore sanity to government. His insider knowledge comes at a personal cost as he challenges a system that rewards loyalty with access and punishes truth-tellers with exile.
Genres: american, political-science, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, government
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: insider-perspective, redemption-arc
Setting: United States
Period: 21st Century
208 pages · Hardcover · WND Books