The Secret Service's Recent Struggles Mean for Its Future

In recent years there have been ominous signs that the secret service remains vulnerable to security breaches. In 2012 the agency was rocked by a scandal in which agents assigned to president Barack Obama brought prostitutes to their hotel rooms. Twice in 2014 and 2017 intruders have gotten on to the White House grounds One made it as far as the East Room where he was just steps away from the first family's private residence My guest today found enough of these secret service failings to write a book about them Carol Lenig is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the Washington Post She joins us today to discuss the fallout from the JFK assassination the attempt on Reagan's life And what the secret services recent struggles mean for its future.