Geri Spieler's Writings
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Article
Dec.01.2008
Secret Service Errors and Protecting the President
President-elect Barack Obama says he has confidence that his Secret Service security detail will do their job so he can do his job. I'm glad he is not worried -- but I am. I'm hopeful, but not sure, that our Secret Service has learned from some hard lessons in the past. One such lesson took place when Pres. Gerald Ford came...
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Article
Nov.04.2008
Publication for Jan. 2009
Taking Aim at the President
PROLOGUE
In September 1975, when I saw the photos of Sara Jane Moore being driven off to jail after her attempt on the life...
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Short Story
Aug.29.2008
San Francisco/Peninsula Review
I no longer feel safe in this world.
My fear isn’t about terrorists swooping down on me from the Middle East. I’ve just lost my sense of personal safety in general. No one is really who they appear to be, whether it is by chance or by choice.
What used to be a casual visit to my neighborhood Safeway market is now...
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Short Story
Aug.29.2008
San Francisco/Peninsula Review
Jessica dug her heels into the hard, rocky dirt and pressed her shoulder against the mountain. She hoped it would create some sort of suction to keep her from hurtling over the barely foot wide path—a vertical six thousand foot drop of jagged rock. She fought the urge to vomit into the Union Valley Reservoir, a pristine lake nestled in...
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Article
Aug.28.2008
Diablo Magazine-The Magazine of the East Bay
Don't Blame It on DanvilleThe suburban days of the doctor’s wife who tried to kill a U.S. presidentGeri Spieler
From outward appearances, Sara Jane Moore was a Danville housewife like any other. She dressed well and was attractive. In 1968 she had chosen, with her doctor husband, to live in the new Sycamore development, where an upscale country club...
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Short Story
Aug.28.2008
San Francisco/Peninsula Review
Her Mother’s Face
I remember when I first met Jessica thirty years ago in Washington, D.C. I volunteered for the Big Sister program, mostly to alleviate my loneliness, not for any altruistic reasons. The minimum commitment was only one year.
The program coordinator said she had the perfect match. She told me Jessica was only five when her mother died of breast...
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Because I am 60 years old, I remember the assassination attempt well and figured decades ago that I knew enough vital information about the shooting and about Moore herself to move on to other topics. Spieler's book shows the error of my thinking.”
—Steve Weinberg, San Francisco Chronicle
About Geri
Geri Spieler is an award-winning investigative journalist, author and research director.
Geri teaches advanced Internet Research Skills and performs research for individuals and organizations looking for research to help them make better decisions.
Causes Geri Spieler Supports
Gobal Tolerance, Village Harvest, harvesting produce for the homeless and hungry. American Lung Association, Big Brothers and Big Sisters,