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Spiro T. Agnew, who recently resigned from the vice presidency, talks a member of the media after he pleaded no contest to a federal tax evasion charge, outside the Federal Court building in Baltimore, Oct. 10, 1973. The last time Secret Service agents delivered a U.S. leader to face criminal charges, they kept their mission a secret, even from their own bosses. It was Oct. 10, 1973, and just a few agents knew the historic role they were playing in ensuring that Agnew appeared in a federal courtroom to enter a plea and resign from office. (AP Photo, File)

Unlike in Trump case, Secret Service kept this one secret

By Del Quentin Wilber - Associated Press

In this Feb. 27, 1985 file photo, then-President Ronald Reagan bids farewell to Jerry Parr, the Secret Service agent that he credited with saving his life during an assassination attempt on March 30, 1981. Parr retired after 22 years with the elite unit of bodyguards. Parr of Washington, D.C., died Friday at the age of 85. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)

Jerry Parr, Secret Service agent who saved Ronald Reagan after shooting, dies

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BOOK REVIEW: When the president was shot

By John R. Coyne Jr. - The Washington Times

Secret Service tape from Reagan attack is released

By Calvin Woodward - Associated Press