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Life Inside The Bubble: Why A Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent Walked Away From It All (2013)

by Dan Bongino(Favorite Author)

3.37 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1938067363 (ISBN13: 9781938067365)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

WND Books

review 1: This book serves a couple of purposes. First, is gives some insight into the life of a Secret Service agent. Cool stuff!!! Second, it provides inside details about events we read about in the news. More cool stuff!!! Lastly, it is his rant about about how our government is failing the people and various solutions he has.It is this last point that might turn off some people from reading the book, which I purchase cheap off Amazon Kindle. I appreciated his insight into various fiascoes the government has done---Fast & Furious, and Benghazi to name two. His perspective is important, but certainly not a complete picture.For example, his criticism in the Fast & Furious scandal is that the Justice Department should have prosecuted the case much sooner which would have stopped th... moree sale of guns. He believes the Justice Department has a too high of standard for probable cause before they agree to prosecute. He believes that Justice Department officials just want to "win cases" and therefore will not risk losing a case unless it is iron clad. He is probably right, but does not give the whole picture. I think if he asked federal prosecutors he would realize they have an extremely large case load and they must pick and choose. Picking those which are easy to prosecute allows them to prosecute MORE cases. The goal is to win cases and get bad guys off the streets. Right?His criticism is real and correct, but does not give a complete picture. However, I did learn how the Justice Department determines which cases to prosecute, which I didn't know before reading the book. I have not spoiled it for you. There is a lot more to it than I just wrote.I do recommend people reading this book for all three of the reasons I gave. However, just realize he brings a narrow point of view to his analysis of government failures.
review 2: This book is sort of two books in one. The first 2/3rds is Bongino's biography and an account of his time in law enforcement & the Secret Service. It's a compelling story but not unlike other books I've read about Secret Service agents. This part of the book merits 3 stars in my opinion.The final few chapters give Bongino's assessment of some of the key failures of the Obama Administration and the Federal government in general: Fast & Furious, Benghazi, and the Boston Marathon bombing. This section is very well done and brings welcome clarity to these events. I give this part of the book 4 stars.Dan Bongino is a good man - just the sort of person we need in a leadership position in government. People in Maryland especially (where Bongino is running for Congress) should pick this book up. less

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