Download The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America's Presidents from Kennedy to Obama AudioBook Free

Every president has had a distinctive and complicated romantic relationship with the brains community. Although some have been coolly distant, even adversarial, others have found their brains companies to be among the most valuable musical instruments of plan and electric power. Since John F. Kennedy's presidency, this romantic relationship has been distilled into a individualized daily record: a short summary of the actual intelligence equipment considers the most crucial information for the chief executive to know that day about global risks and opportunities. This top-secret report is known as the President's Daily Brief, or, within countrywide security circles, simply "the Book". Presidents have spent from a few moments (Richard Nixon) to a healthy part of their day (George W. Bush) used by its articles; some (Expenses Clinton and George H. W. Bush) consider it far and away the most crucial document they saw frequently while commander in main. The details of most PDBs are highly grouped and will stay so for many years. But the process by which the brains community produces and presents the E book is a remarkable check out the operation of electric power at the highest levels. David Priess, a previous intelligence official and daily briefer, has interviewed every living previous chief executive and vice chief executive as well as more than 100 others intimately involved with the production and delivery of the president's reserve of secrets. He provides an unprecedented window into the decision making of every chief executive from Kennedy to Obama, numerous character-rich stories discovered here for the first time.

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