Gary Aldrich was a special agent with the FBI for 26 years investigating white-collar crime.
As an agent who provided security to the White House, Aldrich gives much of the account in Unlimited Access from a first-hand perspective.
"[2] The FBI's general counsel Howard Shapiro shared a copy of the manuscript with the Clinton administration while the FBI's review process was ongoing, which Aldrich interpreted as a political move designed to give the Clinton cohort time to form a public response.
[6] Though Unlimited Access relies on eyewitness testimony (Aldrich's own and that of other White House insiders),[7] The New York Times opined that "in many ways the book is like the 'raw' F.B.I.
[8] In 1997, Aldrich formed a nonprofit organization, the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty.