Introduction -- Political management at the top -- Electability -- The fight for the presidency -- Meet the electorate: basic information and the 2004 election state by state -- Campaign planning -- Iowa, New Hampshire: farm problems, energy costs, trade issues -- Who voted for whom in the 2004 presidential election -- Controlling the White House -- Domestic policy -- Managing the US Congress -- Foreign policy -- Managing spies at the top -- Which service is the best -- Techniques of special influence -- Surveillance -- How to run agents (secret sources) -- FBI helpers -- Identifying spies -- Strategies -- Presidential security -- Managing the military -- Commander-in-chief -- Strategy and tactics -- Learning from the past -- Learning from past presidents -- Where does the CIA fit in -- Happened to them? -- About the author.