Title: A Good Read with Speed Bumps
Product review: The spirit was willing, but...The idea: write a concise, frank, engaging history of the US Secret Service.The obvious barriers: well, it's secret. Research might be a wee problem. Getting "the truth" a huge issue...Less obvious: having a weak or incompetent editorial/fact checking staff. The editing here is just awful: typos, internal inconsistencies, needless repetition that slows down the narrative pace.Frustrating: this could be an endlessly fascinating story, but you hit speed bumps. I kept envisioning all the agents standing on the running boards of the presidential limo getting pitched off when...
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