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Secrets of the Secret Service

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    Former agent reveals what it takes to protect the president

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Means cows -- -- and -- Secret Service agent with twenty -- said this Andy he's built.

In -- time as an -- late I agent hate protected ex presidents Ronald Reagan George Bush senior and Bill Clinton.

So what does it take to basic standards agents.

Basic.

Training for new recruits -- almost six months.

And it covers everything from criminal investigations.

Two advanced procedures.

Firearms training and protective driving training so a variety of things and then they hone those skills during their career through their career.

Getting heat protecting the president.

-- agents have to have done five to -- pennies -- said this to eight and they conceded.

It's based on their performance based on recommendations from their supervisors.

And it's based on -- process where the need a management at the president's speech last chance to to look at -- and and pick and choose who they think would be divested.

The taking the president is is serious business.

And the people in weaponry that -- -- and quite simply out of these world.

The Secret Service depends very heavily on.

Local law enforcement and resources provided by the host country so it's it's critical that you worked very closely with -- with those folks when you're doing in advance.

Obviously with presidential protection.

No holds barred whatever is needed they're gonna do based on the circumstance at the time the complexity of the visit.

The intelligence information they may or may not happen that time all that goes into -- in deciding on what the appropriate level of security is.

-- how traveled to Australia protecting George Bush senior in 1990 -- He briefly -- to exceed these -- -- -- it as an attack I.

Fell into a deep sleep and was awakened to the sound of explosions and in the Secret Service explosions are never good thing.

And it took me about two or three seconds to realize what I was hearing where -- fireworks celebration over Sydney harbor.

We ask -- what it was like inside -- fourth line.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Difficult for me to it to discuss specifics about Air Force One other than to tell you that my flights on Air Force One were always great it's a great way to travel.

But I can also tell you that during my career I've traveled at the other end of the spectrum which were.

Military transport planes on he -- captains so -- -- that that the best in the worst.

The Secret Service and taking American president -- not say no thanks and steal shrouded in the sharing and.

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