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>> NARRATOR: They are an elite
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force.
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Brave men and women who put
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their lives on the line.
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(shouting)
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>> JULIA PIERSON: Failure's not
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an option.
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You have to be perfect 100%
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of the time.
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>> NARRATOR: Their mission--
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to guard the most powerful
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person in the world.
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>> RALPH BASHAM: This is serious
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business.
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It is about the safety and
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security of the United States.
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>> NARRATOR: But just who are
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these American heroes?
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And what is their secret
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mission?
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>> BARBARA GOLDEN: We're known
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for protection and the guys with
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the sunglasses and
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the trench coats.
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But we also investigate crimes.
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>> RALPH BASHAM: There's a lot
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more to the Secret Service
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and its mission than
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what people see on TV.
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>> NARRATOR: There are those who
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believe in the existence of a
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book.
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A book that contains the most
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highly guarded secrets of the
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United States of America.
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A book whose very existence is
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known to only a select few.
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But if such a book exists,
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what would it contain?
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Secret missions?
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Secret technologies?
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Secret threats?
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Does there really exist
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America's Book of Secrets?
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April 20, 2012.
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Cartagena, Colombia.
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The United States Secret Service
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faces a firestorm of controversy
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after agents on President Barack
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Obama's advance team are caught
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in a highly publicized
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prostitution scandal.
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One dozen Secret Service agents
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are sent home when one allegedly
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refuses to pay one of the
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several female prostitutes they
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had invited to their hotel.
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White House officials quickly
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attempt damage control in an
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effort to preserve the dignity
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of the agency.
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>> JAY CARNEY: The President has
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confidence in the director of
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the Secret Service. Uh, Director
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Sullivan acted quickly, uh, in
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response to this incident and is
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overseeing an investigation as
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we speak into the matter.
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>> MARC AMBINDER: The reason why
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the incident in Cartagena was so
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embarrassing for the Secret
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Service was, it became an
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international news story
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overnight.
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Whatever the president was doing
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at the Summit of the Americas
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was completely eclipsed
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by this embarrassment that the
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Secret Service itself created
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and was responsible for.
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>> DAN EMMETT: The actual
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unwritten codes within the
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Secret Service are really
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applicable to common sense.
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Don't embarrass the Secret
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Service.
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Don't embarrass this country.
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Don't embarrass the president.
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>> DANNY SPRIGGS: The Cartagena
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incident was an unfortunate
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situation, and one in which I
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believe actually put a stain on
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the Secret Service, its mission,
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as well as its personnel.
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>> NARRATOR: Is it possible
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there is something about a
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Secret Service agent's
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psychological profile,
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especially those charged with
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protecting the president, that
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motivates them to act in a way
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that challenges the upstanding,
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all-American image of the Secret
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Service that the public
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imagines?
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>> MANCOW MULLER: Look, these
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are these are hard-core
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individuals-- they work hard
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and they play hard.
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I think the Secret Service has
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one of the most intense jobs.
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I-I can't imagine how intense it
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is, and I think they need to let
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off steam.
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But, uh, if they're leaving
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secret files around, that's a
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problem.
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>> NARRATOR: But while wild and,
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some would argue, politically
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incorrect behavior may
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occasionally be exhibited by
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other government employees and
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law enforcement officials, is
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there another reason why the
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Secret Service's behavior in
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Colombia was so particularly
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shocking?
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Could it be that the agency's
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position-- as the guardians of
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the president of the United
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States and his family-- requires
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that the character of the Secret
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Service must be even more
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exemplary, more so than any
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other law enforcement agency in
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the nation?
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>> AMBINDER: You can argue that
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you should hold them to higher
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standards because the job that
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they have chosen freely-- the
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responsibility that we,
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collectively, as a country, have
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given them-- is so great that
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they just have to hold
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themselves to higher standards.
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They have to let go of the
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temptations that most people
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would fall and succumb to.
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>> SPRIGGS: A Secret Service
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agent or officer should never
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put themselves in a position
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where they could be
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compromised-- either through
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extortion or other means-- to
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reveal classified information,
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sensitive information, or
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operational procedures.
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And so, therefore it does, in
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certain situations, present that
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kind of image to the public--
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that security has been
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compromised, which could result
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in the life of a president.
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>> BARBARA GOLDEN: The scandal
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that the Secret Service went
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through, unfortunately, was a
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sexy story for the media.
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We are elite and I think a lot
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of people do still believe in
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that, um, because of what we do.
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But in any organization you're
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gonna have a knucklehead that
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brings negative impact on the
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whole agency, and that's what
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happened in this case.
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>> NARRATOR: But the scandal in
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Cartagena was not the end of the
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troubles facing the Secret
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Over the next two years, agents
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continued to make shocking
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headlines, prompting many to
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wonder if there was something
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going terribly wrong within the
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agency.
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And if so, should the American
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public be concerned?
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>> RALPH BASHAM: Well, perhaps
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there is a problem in the Secret
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I don't think it is a
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deep-rooted problem, but there
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are people who are problems in
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the Secret Service.
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>> STEVE MONTEIRO: No
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organization can ever completely
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defend itself against individual
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acts of misconduct.
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At the end of the day, we hire
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human beings and human beings
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make mistakes.
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>> NARRATOR: According to many
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health professionals, stress
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could be a major factor in
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recent incidents of agent
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misconduct.
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It could also be a key reason
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why many agents decide to quit
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the force altogether.
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On the outside, agents portray a
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tough, professional exterior.
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Maintaining composure while
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under constant pressure.
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But what is life really like for
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these highly trained operatives?
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What are the secrets cloaked
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behind the stoic glances, iconic
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sunglasses, and keenly pressed
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suits?
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>> DAN BONGINO: I've seen people
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frustrated.
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I've seen people upset.
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You know, it's okay to kind of
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yell and scream once in a while
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but at the end of the day, you
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are gonna secure this man's
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life, no matter what.
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So either get it done or move
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on and find a new job.
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>> EMMETT: Some people have
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requested transfer because of
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the stress.
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Continuous travel, up to 30, 35
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days at a time without any
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days off, continually changing
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shifts, day shift, evening
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shift, midnight shifts.
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>> BASHAM: When you're off,
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you're not really off.
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I mean, you can be called 24
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hours a day, seven days a week.
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And you've got to respond.
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>> NARRATOR: From agents in the
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field on the Presidential
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Protective Division to those on
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the Emergency Response Team who
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guard the White House grounds,
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every representative of the
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Secret Service is expected to
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carry out their duties
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flawlessly.
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>> JULIA PIERSON: Whether you're
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getting close to making an
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arrest or you're making
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decisions about, uh, public
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movement around our president or
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any of our protectees, it's a
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very difficult time.
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Failure is not an option, and so
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you have to be perfect 100%
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of the time.
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I think that would be very
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demanding on anyone in any
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career.
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>> NARRATOR: While most agents
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are well equipped to deal with
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the heavy demands that come with
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the job, some, sadly, cannot
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handle the pressure.
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>> BASHAM: We've had,
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unfortunately, a number of
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agents who have literally taken
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their own life because the
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stress of the job.
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Uh, and its impact on the
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family.
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Law enforcement is just a very
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demanding, very stressful job.
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So, yeah, suicide is
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unfortunately, uh, you know,
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sort of the dark side of the
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job.
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>> NARRATOR: Are the pressures
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of being a Secret Service agent
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too intense?
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Are the rigid standards they
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have to meet simply too high?
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And, if so, is the agency's
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ability to fill the ranks of
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this historically elite force in
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jeopardy?
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>> NARRATOR: Each year the
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United States Secret Service
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receives thousands of
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applications for only a few
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hundred available positions.
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In fact, in 2011, only one
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percent of the over 15,000 who
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applied to become special
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agents were accepted.
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But with such a large pool of
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applicants to choose from, just
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how does the Secret Service
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decide who gets an invitation to
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join this elite force and who
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gets rejected?
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>> PIERSON: The Secret Service
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has about 3,300 special agents
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and about 1,400 uniformed
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division officers serving in a
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protective capacity every day.
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We have offices in most of the
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major cities across the United
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States and about 40 offices
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outside of this country.
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>> EMMETT: When a person applies
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to become an agent with the
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United States Secret Service,
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they are entering into the
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mother of all vetting processes.
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It goes on for about 12 months,
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assuming that everything goes
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according to plan.
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>> NARRATOR: First, an applicant
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must pass an extensive
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background check that includes
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scouring their finances.
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An agent with significant debt
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is considered greater risk.
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Applicants must also pass the
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dreaded polygraph test.
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>> EMMETT: It's just simply to
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find out, one, are you a
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criminal?
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Two, are you a spy sent to
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infiltrate the Secret Service?
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>> BONGINO: It was probably the
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worst eight hours of my life.
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When I got on, I think they were
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eliminating nine out of ten
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people.
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It's very, very hard to cheat a
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Secret Service polygraph.
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>> MONTEIRO: A disqualification
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could be someone lying about
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perhaps their criminal history.
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It could be their drug usage.
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It could be employment
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activities.
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For example, they've been fired
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and tried to hide that from us.
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>> NARRATOR: But it is not just
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the prospective agents who are
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under the microscope during the
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arduous application process.
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Their acceptance into the elite
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group also depends on the
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competence of their family.
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>> EMMETT: One of the final
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phases of the vetting process is
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the home visits.
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This is when a seasoned senior
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agent will visit the home of the
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applicant, interview the
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applicant along with the spouse
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and try and explain to them how
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difficult this job really is.
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And if, uh, the other side of
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the relationship can't deal with
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that, you're gonna have a
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very unhappy agent, therefore a
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very unproductive agent.
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>> NARRATOR: After enduring
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almost one year of interviews
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and tests, those men and women
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accepted as trainees will spend
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their first three months at the
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Federal Law Enforcement Training
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Center in Glynco, Georgia.
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After which, those who make the
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cut will move on to the James J.
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Rowley Center in Beltsville,
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Maryland.
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There, trainees endure another
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18 weeks of intense hands-on
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instruction on everything from
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investigative techniques to
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physical protection tactics,
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marksmanship and even water
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survival skills.
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>> BASHAM: You go through
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another several months of very
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specific training that deals
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with the Secret Service's
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mission set.
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That, too, can be extremely
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demanding on individuals, and
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people don't make it through.
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>> NARRATOR: But just how well
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do these training scenarios
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really prepare agents to survive
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real-world threats?
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>> BASHAM: There are mock street
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scenes, and they run through
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every scenario.
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Any day they may be blowing up
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cars, or there may be motorcades
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that are being attacked.
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They try to develop as best they
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can a realistic set of scenarios
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where your body trains, your
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mind trains.
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At the end of the day, that can
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save your life or the lives of
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others.
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>> NARRATOR: What sets the
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Secret Service apart from many
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other law enforcement agencies
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is that its trainees are taught
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how to take a bullet by using
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their bodies as human shields.
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>> SPRIGGS: On March 30, 1981,
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I was present during the
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attempted assassination by John
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Hinckley against President
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Reagan.
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(gunshots)
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Tim McCarthy, the agent who
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received a wound to the abdomen
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as a result of that incident,
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clearly put himself in the line
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of fire.
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That's the sacrifice that you
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have to be willing to make to
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become a Secret Service agent.
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>> NARRATOR: But, believe it or
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not, once recruits become sworn
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in as agents, they do not start
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off on the coveted Presidential
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Protective Division, or PPD,
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right away.
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New agents must first spend
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about six years in
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investigations and temporary
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protection before they can even
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be considered for PPD, and that
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highly coveted assignment
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involves even more rigorous
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training.
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And before an agent is even
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allowed behind the wheel of the
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tank-like presidential limo
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known as Cadillac One or the
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Beast, they must also pass a
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series of unique driving tests.
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>> EMMETT: PODC is the
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Protective Operations Driving
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Course, and before an agent is
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qualified to drive the president
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of the United States in an
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armored limo, they first must
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graduate PODC.
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>> BONGINO: Learning how to
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drive the president's limo is
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like learning how to slalom with
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a tractor trailer.
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I mean, that's how difficult it
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is.
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The driving course is meant to
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really induce stress.
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Driving like that, under high
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speeds with a sweat in a
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90-degree temperature day and
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the sweat's coming into your
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eyes, yeah, it's intense.
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>> NARRATOR: But no matter how
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realistic or challenging an
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agent's training is, nothing can
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adequately prepare them for the
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real-world events that will test
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their skills day by day, minute
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by minute and second by second,
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especially when it comes to
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guarding the life of the most
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powerful person in the world.
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>> NARRATOR: November 22, 1963.
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Dallas, Texas.
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Along the presidential parade
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route, sniper shots fired from a
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nearby building turn an
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otherwise uneventful afternoon
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into a day of terror.
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(people screaming)
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In a split-second, President
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John F. Kennedy is struck and
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killed.
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And this single moment becomes a
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game changer for how the United
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States Secret Service will
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forever guard the life of the
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president of the United States.
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>> PETRO: In President Kennedy's
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assassination, we learned about
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paying more attention to the
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high ground and to buildings.
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In 1972, George Wallace was shot
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in a rope line, and I think we
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learned a lot about how to do
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rope lines better.
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And then, just a couple years
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later, Squeaky Fromme tried to
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shoot President Ford.
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And then, of course, President
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Reagan's assassination attempt,
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we learned the importance of
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cover and evacuate.
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But I think the overriding
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concept that is true in every
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one of those circumstances is
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proximity, being close enough to
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react.
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>> PIERSON: There are many
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things that the Secret Service
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has done to adapt protection in
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an evolving society.
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I don't think many Americans
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understand the complexity that
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goes into securing the president
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of the United States.
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It's more than just fencing the
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White House.
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It's air security.
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It's cyber security.
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It's biological, chemical and
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nuclear detection elements that
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we have to employ to ensure a
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safe environment for the
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president anywhere he travels,
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whether it's in the United
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States or around the world.
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>> NARRATOR: March 28, 2010.
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Bagram, Afghanistan.
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Managing the movement of United
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States President Barack Obama--
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codenamed "Renegade"-- and his
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White House entourage is no
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small task, especially when it
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is a secret trip into a war
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zone.
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>> BONGINO: Moving people,
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moving weapons, moving bodies,
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moving equipment thousands of
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miles overseas in a very
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distinct block of time, very
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short block of time, is
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extremely difficult.
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Most people would never have to
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think about the crazy things we
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have to think about when we're
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doing an advance.
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Tactical, medical, chem-bio,
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IED, airborne and fire.
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If you can take care of those
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big six threats, the president
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is going to go home safe.
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(sirens blaring)
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>> NARRATOR: Although most
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presidential movements are
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heavily planned out in
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anticipation of an attempted
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assassination, threats could lie
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in wait any day, at any time,
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anywhere.
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So can the president of the
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United States do anything that's
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really spontaneous?
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>> MONTEIRO: OTRs are referred
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to as off-the-record movements,
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and that is where one of our
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protectees-- for example, the
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president-- would decide to go
582
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some place at the last minute,
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off the schedule.
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>> BONGINO: Not everything is as
585
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spontaneous as it looks.
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Even spontaneity requires some
587
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degree of planning.
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>> NARRATOR: During the George
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H.W. Bush administration,
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William Kristol served as chief
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of staff to Vice President Dan
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Quayle and witnessed firsthand
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how agents adapted to unplanned
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situations.
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>> WILLIAM KRISTOL: At times
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the vice president would see
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something and say, "Why don't we
598
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stop there?"
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00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:54,052
And the Secret Service agent
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would say, "Ooh, Mr. Vice
601
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President, we'd kind of planned
602
00:20:56,055 --> 00:20:57,385
on a different place half a
603
00:20:57,390 --> 00:20:58,760
mile away."
604
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But, of course, no one likes to
605
00:21:00,059 --> 00:21:01,489
be told exactly where to go 24
606
00:21:01,494 --> 00:21:03,064
hours a day, and so they would
607
00:21:03,062 --> 00:21:05,502
scramble and make it work.
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When the Secret Service works
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well, which it does, you know,
610
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98% of the time, no one notices
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00:21:08,935 --> 00:21:10,395
it.
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>> DAN QUAYLE: The Secret
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Service know exactly what to do.
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I had this one Secret Service
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00:21:15,942 --> 00:21:17,542
agent, and every time right
616
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before I'd go out and make a
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speech, and he'd say, "Okay,
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now, if some attack happens,
619
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make sure you get down behind
620
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the podium, because it's
621
00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:28,619
bulletproof."
622
00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:29,961
And I said, "Well, that's really
623
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not the last words I want to
624
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hear before I'm gonna be making
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a major speech.
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Can you please tell me that,
627
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like, 30 minutes ahead of time?"
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But it was in his marching
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orders to make sure that the
630
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vice president knew what to do
631
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in case of a... a situation
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arose.
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>> NARRATOR: To those under the
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protection of the Secret
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Service, the orders from agents
636
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may seem overbearing.
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But the sacrifice of personal
638
00:21:53,646 --> 00:21:56,116
space and privacy is really for
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their own good and that of the
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nation.
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Especially when the types of
642
00:22:02,589 --> 00:22:03,589
threats being faced are
643
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ever-changing and rarely made
644
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public.
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>> GOLDEN: The president
646
00:22:11,063 --> 00:22:13,133
routinely receives threats
647
00:22:13,132 --> 00:22:14,432
daily.
648
00:22:14,434 --> 00:22:15,604
It could be in the form of an
649
00:22:15,602 --> 00:22:16,872
e-mail, it could be in the form
650
00:22:16,869 --> 00:22:18,969
of a verbal threat, it could be
651
00:22:18,971 --> 00:22:21,571
a letter, it could be on a chat
652
00:22:21,574 --> 00:22:23,844
room.
653
00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:25,143
But once the Secret Service is
654
00:22:25,144 --> 00:22:26,614
made aware of those threats, we
655
00:22:26,613 --> 00:22:29,083
do physically go locate the
656
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person and do our assessment.
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>> PETRO: I was in Intelligence
658
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Division, and I was supervising
659
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the duty desk at 2:00 in the
660
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morning, and someone called
661
00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:39,828
the White House and started
662
00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:41,859
threatening the president.
663
00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:43,131
We had this guy on the phone,
664
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and kept talking to him, and we
665
00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:46,871
traced the call to a phone booth
666
00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:48,636
in Minneapolis or someplace.
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00:22:48,635 --> 00:22:49,765
Someone else is calling the
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police.
669
00:22:50,770 --> 00:22:52,140
I'm still talking to him on the
670
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phone, and he's threatening the
671
00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,180
president, and you could hear
672
00:22:56,175 --> 00:22:57,705
the knock on the phone booth,
673
00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,050
and it was the police, arresting
674
00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:00,045
him.
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00:23:00,046 --> 00:23:01,576
(sirens blaring)
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The Secret Service is in the
677
00:23:03,483 --> 00:23:04,653
business of preventing things
678
00:23:04,651 --> 00:23:06,451
from happening.
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00:23:06,453 --> 00:23:07,523
>> NARRATOR: But although
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00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,460
protecting the life of the
681
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president, the vice president
682
00:23:11,458 --> 00:23:13,988
and their families may always be
683
00:23:13,993 --> 00:23:15,903
at the forefront of the U.S.
684
00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:17,525
Secret Service's mission to
685
00:23:17,530 --> 00:23:20,670
serve and protect, agents also
686
00:23:20,667 --> 00:23:21,627
have another, even more secret
687
00:23:21,668 --> 00:23:24,898
mission.
688
00:23:24,904 --> 00:23:26,614
And this one protects all
689
00:23:26,606 --> 00:23:29,636
Americans, not just from people
690
00:23:29,642 --> 00:23:31,912
wielding guns and bombs, but
691
00:23:31,911 --> 00:23:34,081
from those whose sinister plans
692
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,680
may involve little more than ink
693
00:23:37,684 --> 00:23:39,894
and paper.
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>> NARRATOR: December, 2013.
695
00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:55,201
Target, one of America's largest
696
00:23:55,201 --> 00:23:58,511
retailers, is hit by a crippling
697
00:23:58,505 --> 00:24:00,535
credit card breech.
698
00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:02,780
More than 70 million customer
699
00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:04,775
accounts are attacked,
700
00:24:04,777 --> 00:24:06,907
compromising card data and
701
00:24:06,913 --> 00:24:09,653
personal information.
702
00:24:09,649 --> 00:24:11,779
Much to the public's surprise,
703
00:24:11,784 --> 00:24:13,794
it is the Department of Justice
704
00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:16,516
and the Secret Service that are
705
00:24:16,523 --> 00:24:17,893
charged with investigating the
706
00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:19,560
financial criminal case,
707
00:24:19,559 --> 00:24:20,829
described as one of the worst
708
00:24:20,827 --> 00:24:22,227
security incidents in United
709
00:24:22,228 --> 00:24:25,158
States history.
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00:24:26,232 --> 00:24:27,232
>> GOLDEN: We're known for
711
00:24:27,233 --> 00:24:29,243
protection, and the guys with
712
00:24:29,235 --> 00:24:30,235
the sunglasses and the trench
713
00:24:30,236 --> 00:24:31,636
coats.
714
00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:34,038
But we also investigate crimes,
715
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,240
credit card theft, fraud,
716
00:24:36,242 --> 00:24:38,582
identity theft, treasury check
717
00:24:38,578 --> 00:24:40,978
forgeries, counterfeit money,
718
00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:44,050
counterfeit credit cards.
719
00:24:44,050 --> 00:24:45,590
>> PIERSON: Our investigative
720
00:24:45,585 --> 00:24:47,115
mission dates back to 1865 with
721
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:48,689
counterfeiting during the Civil
722
00:24:48,688 --> 00:24:49,688
War.
723
00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:50,859
Over a third of the money in
724
00:24:50,857 --> 00:24:52,257
circulation was counterfeit at
725
00:24:52,258 --> 00:24:53,828
the time.
726
00:24:53,826 --> 00:24:55,596
President Lincoln, oddly enough,
727
00:24:55,595 --> 00:24:57,825
saw the importance of ensuring
728
00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:59,000
that there was a federal
729
00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:00,598
investigative team that was able
730
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,130
to help combat counterfeiting.
731
00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:05,104
It was named the Secret Service.
732
00:25:07,139 --> 00:25:08,139
>> NARRATOR: In an unmarked
733
00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:10,880
building in Washington, D.C.,
734
00:25:10,877 --> 00:25:12,277
the Secret Service hides an
735
00:25:12,278 --> 00:25:14,278
arsenal of state-of-the-art
736
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,120
technology to combat much more
737
00:25:17,116 --> 00:25:20,146
than just financial crimes.
738
00:25:20,152 --> 00:25:22,622
The Forensic Services division
739
00:25:22,622 --> 00:25:23,762
houses a laboratory with
740
00:25:23,756 --> 00:25:27,856
highly restricted vaults, each
741
00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:30,030
containing secret technologies
742
00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:32,159
used to protect American
743
00:25:32,164 --> 00:25:33,304
citizens.
744
00:25:33,299 --> 00:25:34,869
>> MONTEIRO: The laundry list of
745
00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:35,867
things that we do in the
746
00:25:35,868 --> 00:25:36,868
investigative side of the house
747
00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:37,969
is pretty comprehensive, and
748
00:25:37,970 --> 00:25:39,770
they go everything from fraud
749
00:25:39,772 --> 00:25:42,042
cases to murder cases to child
750
00:25:42,041 --> 00:25:43,181
exploitation cases.
751
00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:44,175
>> PIERSON: I don't think most
752
00:25:44,176 --> 00:25:46,176
Americans are aware of the
753
00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:48,048
unique forensic capabilities of
754
00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:49,117
the United States Secret
755
00:25:49,115 --> 00:25:50,575
Service, as it relates to
756
00:25:50,583 --> 00:25:51,653
counterfeit currency,
757
00:25:51,651 --> 00:25:53,891
questioned documents, and some
758
00:25:53,886 --> 00:25:54,916
of the other tools that we need
759
00:25:54,921 --> 00:25:56,991
to do our important mission.
760
00:25:56,989 --> 00:25:58,189
They include everything from
761
00:25:58,190 --> 00:26:00,190
handwriting analysis to voice
762
00:26:00,192 --> 00:26:02,902
recognition to specimen notes
763
00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:06,325
dating back to 1865.
764
00:26:06,332 --> 00:26:09,672
>> NARRATOR: Behind this door is
765
00:26:09,669 --> 00:26:12,339
a vault that stores evidence of
766
00:26:12,338 --> 00:26:15,038
currency counterfeiting that
767
00:26:15,041 --> 00:26:17,611
only Stuart Tryon, the Assistant
768
00:26:17,610 --> 00:26:19,080
Special Agent in Charge of
769
00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:21,778
Investigations-- and a select
770
00:26:21,781 --> 00:26:23,221
few of his colleagues-- can
771
00:26:23,215 --> 00:26:24,215
access.
772
00:26:24,216 --> 00:26:26,216
>> STUART TRYON: This is the
773
00:26:26,218 --> 00:26:27,318
only agency in the U.S.
774
00:26:27,319 --> 00:26:28,959
government that can verify
775
00:26:28,955 --> 00:26:31,685
authenticity of currency.
776
00:26:31,691 --> 00:26:33,031
And we are the only agency in
777
00:26:33,025 --> 00:26:34,955
the U.S. government that has a
778
00:26:34,961 --> 00:26:36,761
counterfeit vault.
779
00:26:36,763 --> 00:26:38,163
We have one sample of every
780
00:26:38,164 --> 00:26:40,234
bill, every note, every bank
781
00:26:40,232 --> 00:26:42,002
note that existed since 1865
782
00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:44,104
that we've investigated.
783
00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:46,113
>> PIERSON: Today, with inkjet
784
00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:47,335
printers and the simplicity of
785
00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:48,779
being able to use scanning
786
00:26:48,775 --> 00:26:50,705
technology, I think more people
787
00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:51,940
are tempted to try
788
00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:53,784
counterfeiting than ever before.
789
00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:54,950
>> TRYON: Each note has a
790
00:26:54,947 --> 00:26:55,977
fingerprint, if you will.
791
00:26:55,982 --> 00:26:57,252
Each note has a history.
792
00:26:57,249 --> 00:26:58,719
We research the paper, we
793
00:26:58,718 --> 00:26:59,788
research the ink.
794
00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:01,716
We look for the raised printing,
795
00:27:01,721 --> 00:27:02,721
the intaglio printing.
796
00:27:02,722 --> 00:27:03,962
We look for the offset.
797
00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:05,386
We also look in the quality of
798
00:27:05,391 --> 00:27:07,331
the actual note.
799
00:27:07,326 --> 00:27:09,256
We compare that with a genuine.
800
00:27:09,261 --> 00:27:12,001
This is where the buck truly
801
00:27:11,998 --> 00:27:14,398
stops.
802
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:15,970
>> NARRATOR: Just down the hall
803
00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:17,738
from the counterfeit vault is a
804
00:27:17,737 --> 00:27:20,407
high-tech latent fingerprint
805
00:27:20,406 --> 00:27:22,836
lab, where specialists use the
806
00:27:22,842 --> 00:27:25,012
most up-to-date chemicals and
807
00:27:25,011 --> 00:27:27,081
technology to extract
808
00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:28,879
fingerprints that are nearly
809
00:27:28,881 --> 00:27:30,721
impossible to detect by most
810
00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:32,750
other forensics labs.
811
00:27:32,752 --> 00:27:34,752
>> ANTHONY CLAY: We investigate
812
00:27:34,754 --> 00:27:36,694
a lot of, um, financial crimes,
813
00:27:36,689 --> 00:27:39,289
so with that we receive a lot of
814
00:27:39,291 --> 00:27:40,431
porous-type items, such as
815
00:27:40,426 --> 00:27:42,426
counterfeit bills, counterfeit
816
00:27:42,428 --> 00:27:44,998
checks, counterfeit money.
817
00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:46,227
And also threatening letters
818
00:27:46,232 --> 00:27:50,002
against the president.
819
00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:51,772
Latent fingerprint technology is
820
00:27:51,771 --> 00:27:54,441
the ability to make fingerprints
821
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,040
left on a crime scene visible.
822
00:27:57,043 --> 00:27:58,243
The word "latent" simply means
823
00:27:58,244 --> 00:28:00,014
"hidden."
824
00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:01,452
>> NARRATOR: The capabilities of
825
00:28:01,447 --> 00:28:03,777
the Forensic Services division
826
00:28:03,783 --> 00:28:06,423
are so advanced that the agency
827
00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:08,318
has been called on to testify in
828
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,020
some of the nation's most
829
00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:14,032
notorious cases.
830
00:28:14,026 --> 00:28:16,026
The technology here is used not
831
00:28:16,028 --> 00:28:18,328
only to solve criminal cases
832
00:28:18,330 --> 00:28:20,270
against U.S. citizens, but one
833
00:28:20,266 --> 00:28:22,736
secret method in particular is
834
00:28:22,735 --> 00:28:25,195
most prominently used to protect
835
00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:28,044
the president.
836
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,040
>> MONTEIRO: When I was the
837
00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:30,041
director of the Forensic
838
00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:31,212
Services division, I was
839
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:32,210
particularly proud of the FISH
840
00:28:32,211 --> 00:28:33,281
system.
841
00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:34,779
And FISH is an acronym for the
842
00:28:34,781 --> 00:28:36,221
Forensic Information System for
843
00:28:36,215 --> 00:28:38,075
Handwriting, which is the only
844
00:28:38,084 --> 00:28:39,754
kind of system in the world that
845
00:28:39,752 --> 00:28:41,092
helps us to identify writing
846
00:28:41,087 --> 00:28:42,287
samples.
847
00:28:42,288 --> 00:28:43,288
>> TRISTA GINSBERG: This is a
848
00:28:43,289 --> 00:28:44,819
computer program which was
849
00:28:44,824 --> 00:28:46,364
developed by the United States
850
00:28:46,358 --> 00:28:48,088
Secret Service, modeled after a
851
00:28:48,094 --> 00:28:49,764
program which was previously
852
00:28:49,762 --> 00:28:51,362
used by the German Federal
853
00:28:51,363 --> 00:28:52,363
Police.
854
00:28:52,364 --> 00:28:53,834
This is a computer program which
855
00:28:53,833 --> 00:28:55,073
only the Secret Service has
856
00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:56,167
access to.
857
00:28:56,168 --> 00:28:57,238
>> MONTEIRO: We would take the
858
00:28:57,236 --> 00:28:59,236
height of a letter, uh, the
859
00:28:59,238 --> 00:29:01,238
spacing of a letter, and this
860
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,080
would all go into algorithms
861
00:29:03,075 --> 00:29:04,335
which would sort of give us a
862
00:29:04,343 --> 00:29:06,213
profile of this particular
863
00:29:06,212 --> 00:29:07,812
sample of handwriting.
864
00:29:07,814 --> 00:29:08,854
We would then take that and
865
00:29:08,848 --> 00:29:10,378
compare that to the thousands of
866
00:29:10,382 --> 00:29:11,852
samples that we have in our
867
00:29:11,851 --> 00:29:13,821
database.
868
00:29:13,820 --> 00:29:14,820
>> NARRATOR: If there is a
869
00:29:14,821 --> 00:29:16,791
potential handwriting match, the
870
00:29:16,789 --> 00:29:19,129
program will generate a list of
871
00:29:19,125 --> 00:29:21,325
candidates who may have authored
872
00:29:21,327 --> 00:29:23,197
the threat.
873
00:29:23,195 --> 00:29:24,255
>> GINSBERG: We have had over
874
00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:27,473
300 FISH hits and were able to
875
00:29:27,466 --> 00:29:29,096
identify that the same person
876
00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:30,941
did writitose letters.
877
00:29:30,937 --> 00:29:32,097
>> MONTEIRO: A perfect example
878
00:29:32,104 --> 00:29:33,374
was a case that happened in New
879
00:29:33,372 --> 00:29:34,412
York.
880
00:29:34,406 --> 00:29:36,006
They had received a threat
881
00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:37,338
letter to blow up the subway
882
00:29:37,343 --> 00:29:39,113
systems in New York.
883
00:29:39,111 --> 00:29:40,411
And the, uh, joint terrorism
884
00:29:40,412 --> 00:29:42,282
task force faxed a copy of the
885
00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:44,981
letter to my office, and within
886
00:29:44,984 --> 00:29:46,394
one hour we told them who wrote
887
00:29:46,385 --> 00:29:47,545
the letter using the FISH
888
00:29:47,553 --> 00:29:50,293
system.
889
00:29:50,289 --> 00:29:51,419
>> NARRATOR: But while the
890
00:29:51,423 --> 00:29:53,363
Secret Service works behind
891
00:29:53,359 --> 00:29:55,489
the scenes to safeguard the
892
00:29:55,494 --> 00:29:58,164
financial security of the nation
893
00:29:58,164 --> 00:30:00,304
and the personal safety of the
894
00:30:00,299 --> 00:30:02,839
president of the United States,
895
00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:05,165
they are also involved in other
896
00:30:05,171 --> 00:30:08,911
even more secret operations.
897
00:30:08,908 --> 00:30:12,578
And some are so well hidden,
898
00:30:12,578 --> 00:30:15,008
they happen right in front of
899
00:30:15,014 --> 00:30:16,554
the public...
900
00:30:16,548 --> 00:30:26,528
but completely out of sight.
901
00:30:26,525 --> 00:30:28,525
>> MAN: Police!
902
00:30:28,527 --> 00:30:29,527
>> OFFICER: Police with a
903
00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:31,598
warrant, open the door!
904
00:30:31,597 --> 00:30:34,127
>> NARRATOR: On March 16, 2012,
905
00:30:34,133 --> 00:30:36,873
19 people are arrested in nine
906
00:30:36,869 --> 00:30:38,369
states.
907
00:30:38,370 --> 00:30:40,240
They are charged with being part
908
00:30:40,239 --> 00:30:42,409
of a criminal organization that
909
00:30:42,408 --> 00:30:45,108
buys and sells personal and
910
00:30:45,111 --> 00:30:48,981
financial information.
911
00:30:48,981 --> 00:30:52,891
Dubbed Operation Open Market,
912
00:30:52,885 --> 00:30:55,985
the sting was successful largely
913
00:30:55,988 --> 00:30:58,218
due to a Secret Service agent
914
00:30:58,224 --> 00:31:00,664
working undercover, distributing
915
00:31:00,659 --> 00:31:03,129
fake IDs that could later be
916
00:31:03,129 --> 00:31:07,099
traced to their buyers.
917
00:31:07,099 --> 00:31:08,429
>> BASHAM: There's a lot more to
918
00:31:08,434 --> 00:31:09,674
the Secret Service and its
919
00:31:09,668 --> 00:31:11,138
mission than what people may
920
00:31:11,137 --> 00:31:13,307
just, you know, see on TV.
921
00:31:13,305 --> 00:31:15,435
It's the day-to-day gathering
922
00:31:15,441 --> 00:31:17,041
intelligence, of working the
923
00:31:17,043 --> 00:31:19,013
information that's really sort
924
00:31:19,011 --> 00:31:20,581
of what the Secret Service agent
925
00:31:20,579 --> 00:31:21,579
does.
926
00:31:21,580 --> 00:31:22,580
>> PIERSON: We've also had them
927
00:31:22,581 --> 00:31:24,921
perform undercover assignments.
928
00:31:24,917 --> 00:31:26,017
So you're never really sure
929
00:31:26,018 --> 00:31:27,018
where a Secret Service agent
930
00:31:27,019 --> 00:31:28,919
can be found.
931
00:31:28,921 --> 00:31:30,191
We spend a lot of time ensuring
932
00:31:30,189 --> 00:31:31,919
that they can assimilate into
933
00:31:31,924 --> 00:31:32,934
any assignment that we've given
934
00:31:32,925 --> 00:31:35,025
them throughout the world.
935
00:31:35,027 --> 00:31:36,397
>> GOLDEN: I did go undercover
936
00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:38,455
for a counterfeit investigation.
937
00:31:38,464 --> 00:31:40,174
The source was working with the
938
00:31:40,166 --> 00:31:42,026
bad guy-- or the target-- and
939
00:31:42,034 --> 00:31:43,944
that source would introduce me
940
00:31:43,936 --> 00:31:46,036
to the target.
941
00:31:46,038 --> 00:31:47,938
I was playing a girlfriend to
942
00:31:47,940 --> 00:31:51,180
the source and being in the room
943
00:31:51,177 --> 00:31:52,707
where you could hear what's
944
00:31:52,711 --> 00:31:54,081
going on.
945
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,210
So, what I learned in their
946
00:31:55,214 --> 00:31:57,054
conversation I just took back to
947
00:31:57,049 --> 00:31:58,219
the case agent, and he would
948
00:31:58,217 --> 00:31:59,287
make a decision on how to move
949
00:31:59,318 --> 00:32:01,318
forward.
950
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,320
>> NARRATOR: But it is not just
951
00:32:03,322 --> 00:32:05,062
the agents involved in criminal
952
00:32:05,057 --> 00:32:06,627
investigations that work
953
00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:08,425
undercover.
954
00:32:08,427 --> 00:32:11,057
Agents on protective detail
955
00:32:11,063 --> 00:32:13,073
often dress as everything from
956
00:32:13,065 --> 00:32:15,495
tourists and joggers to everyday
957
00:32:15,501 --> 00:32:18,071
citizens in their efforts to
958
00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:20,510
avoid detection and simply blend
959
00:32:20,506 --> 00:32:24,106
in.
960
00:32:24,110 --> 00:32:27,450
May 19, 2013.
961
00:32:27,446 --> 00:32:31,246
Atlanta, Georgia.
962
00:32:31,250 --> 00:32:33,390
During President Barack Obama's
963
00:32:33,385 --> 00:32:35,085
commencement speech to the
964
00:32:35,087 --> 00:32:37,187
graduating class of Morehouse
965
00:32:37,189 --> 00:32:39,759
College, a Secret Service agent
966
00:32:39,758 --> 00:32:42,088
quietly and discreetly protects
967
00:32:42,094 --> 00:32:45,104
the nation's leader while in
968
00:32:45,097 --> 00:32:48,397
complete disguise.
969
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,100
>> PIERSON: I think you would be
970
00:32:50,102 --> 00:32:51,372
surprised to see that we've had
971
00:32:51,370 --> 00:32:52,540
Secret Service agents on the
972
00:32:52,538 --> 00:32:53,538
stage during commencement
973
00:32:53,539 --> 00:32:55,539
exercises dressed in graduation
974
00:32:55,541 --> 00:32:57,011
gowns.
975
00:32:57,009 --> 00:32:58,409
We've had them participating in
976
00:32:58,410 --> 00:32:59,610
picnics and sporting events
977
00:32:59,645 --> 00:33:01,645
dressed as participants.
978
00:33:01,647 --> 00:33:03,647
>> AMBINDER: If the Secret
979
00:33:03,649 --> 00:33:05,549
Service distracts from what
980
00:33:05,551 --> 00:33:07,551
people are looking at at a
981
00:33:07,553 --> 00:33:09,393
particular event, they're in a
982
00:33:09,388 --> 00:33:10,558
sense distracting from the job
983
00:33:10,556 --> 00:33:13,156
of the politician.
984
00:33:13,159 --> 00:33:14,289
And the job of the politician,
985
00:33:14,293 --> 00:33:15,493
after all, is what really
986
00:33:15,494 --> 00:33:16,504
affects us.
987
00:33:16,495 --> 00:33:18,125
There's a direct link between
988
00:33:18,130 --> 00:33:20,700
their desire to be unobtrusive
989
00:33:20,699 --> 00:33:23,269
and guarded and the smooth
990
00:33:23,269 --> 00:33:25,569
functioning of democracy.
991
00:33:25,571 --> 00:33:28,311
>> NARRATOR: October 30, 2001.
992
00:33:28,307 --> 00:33:31,377
Yankee Stadium, New York.
993
00:33:31,377 --> 00:33:33,707
President George W. Bush throws
994
00:33:33,712 --> 00:33:36,052
out the first pitch in game
995
00:33:36,048 --> 00:33:38,448
three of the World Series.
996
00:33:38,450 --> 00:33:40,420
Planted in the stadium are
997
00:33:40,419 --> 00:33:42,519
several Secret Service agents
998
00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:45,321
scanning the crowd for potential
999
00:33:45,324 --> 00:33:46,734
threats.
1000
00:33:46,725 --> 00:33:47,725
>> BONGINO: The World Series
1001
00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:48,786
game where President Bush threw
1002
00:33:48,794 --> 00:33:50,434
out the first pitch, we had one
1003
00:33:50,429 --> 00:33:51,659
of our guys dress up as-as an
1004
00:33:51,663 --> 00:33:52,663
umpire.
1005
00:33:52,664 --> 00:33:53,804
>> SPRIGGS: You always want to
1006
00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:55,569
try to maintain a 360-degree
1007
00:33:55,567 --> 00:33:57,737
coverage of your protectee.
1008
00:33:57,736 --> 00:33:58,736
And so therefore you find
1009
00:33:58,737 --> 00:34:00,607
yourself, uh, having to be
1010
00:34:00,606 --> 00:34:03,836
placed inside the crowd.
1011
00:34:03,842 --> 00:34:04,842
>> EMMETT: The agents generally
1012
00:34:04,843 --> 00:34:07,213
dress in accordance to the way
1013
00:34:07,213 --> 00:34:08,353
the president is dressing to
1014
00:34:08,347 --> 00:34:09,677
wherever he's going.
1015
00:34:09,681 --> 00:34:11,621
If the president is going for a
1016
00:34:11,617 --> 00:34:13,617
run, which President Clinton
1017
00:34:13,619 --> 00:34:14,849
frequently did, and President
1018
00:34:14,853 --> 00:34:16,763
Bush, then the agents go in
1019
00:34:16,755 --> 00:34:18,185
running gear.
1020
00:34:18,190 --> 00:34:19,190
They at least try and blend in
1021
00:34:19,191 --> 00:34:20,631
as far as the dresses around
1022
00:34:20,626 --> 00:34:21,856
them.
1023
00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:22,860
>> SPRIGGS: In the event that
1024
00:34:22,861 --> 00:34:24,761
the president is going to be
1025
00:34:24,763 --> 00:34:25,803
playing golf, you wouldn't want
1026
00:34:25,831 --> 00:34:27,571
to be in a three-piece suit.
1027
00:34:27,566 --> 00:34:28,496
It's twofold.
1028
00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:29,600
It's, uh, first, you're bringing
1029
00:34:29,601 --> 00:34:31,471
attention unto yourself.
1030
00:34:31,470 --> 00:34:32,640
And then, two, if there was
1031
00:34:32,638 --> 00:34:34,508
anybody that had ill will in
1032
00:34:34,506 --> 00:34:35,706
mind, they would clearly
1033
00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:37,237
identify you as the security
1034
00:34:37,243 --> 00:34:39,383
component.
1035
00:34:39,378 --> 00:34:40,778
>> NARRATOR: But while many
1036
00:34:40,779 --> 00:34:44,219
agents dress to avoid detection,
1037
00:34:44,216 --> 00:34:46,216
there are some who deliberately
1038
00:34:46,218 --> 00:34:48,488
want their presence known.
1039
00:34:48,487 --> 00:34:50,587
They believe that by being
1040
00:34:50,589 --> 00:34:52,589
obvious, they can act as a
1041
00:34:52,591 --> 00:34:54,861
deterrent and thus prevent an
1042
00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:56,760
attack on the person they have
1043
00:34:56,795 --> 00:35:00,395
been assigned to protect.
1044
00:35:00,399 --> 00:35:01,729
>> PETRO: One of the highlights
1045
00:35:01,733 --> 00:35:03,673
of my career was the opportunity
1046
00:35:03,669 --> 00:35:05,269
to be the agent in charge of the
1047
00:35:05,271 --> 00:35:07,111
visit of Pope John Paul II to
1048
00:35:07,139 --> 00:35:09,139
the United States.
1049
00:35:09,141 --> 00:35:10,241
I got to be very close with the
1050
00:35:10,242 --> 00:35:11,542
Pope's chief of staff and the
1051
00:35:11,543 --> 00:35:13,513
Pope's head of Vatican security.
1052
00:35:13,512 --> 00:35:14,512
We were having dinner one night,
1053
00:35:14,513 --> 00:35:15,513
and they said, "Would you
1054
00:35:15,514 --> 00:35:17,284
consider dressing as a priest?"
1055
00:35:17,283 --> 00:35:18,553
And I said, "Absolutely not.
1056
00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:19,790
I want the public to know I am a
1057
00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:21,885
Secret Service agent and I am
1058
00:35:21,887 --> 00:35:24,157
here to protect the Pope."
1059
00:35:24,156 --> 00:35:25,616
But having said that, it doesn't
1060
00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:26,834
mean that we didn't have some
1061
00:35:26,825 --> 00:35:29,495
agents dressed as priests.
1062
00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:30,825
>> NARRATOR: But while the
1063
00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:32,929
Secret Service works tirelessly
1064
00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:34,931
to prevent the ever-present
1065
00:35:34,933 --> 00:35:36,903
threats that come from the
1066
00:35:36,902 --> 00:35:39,842
outside, might there be an even
1067
00:35:39,838 --> 00:35:42,568
greater threat?
1068
00:35:42,574 --> 00:35:46,554
One that comes from within?
1069
00:35:57,223 --> 00:35:58,423
>> NARRATOR: Federal agencies
1070
00:35:58,424 --> 00:36:02,394
such as the FBI, the CIA and the
1071
00:36:02,394 --> 00:36:06,704
NSA have all had spies or double
1072
00:36:06,698 --> 00:36:08,928
agents that have leaked
1073
00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:12,704
classified information.
1074
00:36:12,704 --> 00:36:14,944
Yet the Secret Service claims
1075
00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:17,510
that in its almost 150-year
1076
00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:20,449
history, the agency has not had
1077
00:36:20,446 --> 00:36:24,446
one traitor in its midst.
1078
00:36:24,450 --> 00:36:25,980
But how could it be possible
1079
00:36:25,984 --> 00:36:28,294
that not a single person has
1080
00:36:28,287 --> 00:36:29,987
ever infiltrated the
1081
00:36:29,988 --> 00:36:32,558
organization?
1082
00:36:32,558 --> 00:36:34,328
>> EMMETT: Every five years, an
1083
00:36:34,326 --> 00:36:35,686
agent undergoes a background
1084
00:36:35,727 --> 00:36:37,727
reinvestigation.
1085
00:36:37,729 --> 00:36:39,729
Part of that reinvestigation is
1086
00:36:39,731 --> 00:36:41,471
looking at the person's finances
1087
00:36:41,467 --> 00:36:42,727
in terms of unexplainable
1088
00:36:42,734 --> 00:36:44,344
affluence.
1089
00:36:44,336 --> 00:36:46,736
If an agent's making $80,000
1090
00:36:46,738 --> 00:36:48,568
a year but is living in a
1091
00:36:48,574 --> 00:36:51,344
$1 million house with a Ferrari,
1092
00:36:51,343 --> 00:36:53,613
something is probably not right.
1093
00:36:53,612 --> 00:36:54,982
And so the Secret Service wants
1094
00:36:54,980 --> 00:36:56,750
to know, where's that money
1095
00:36:56,748 --> 00:36:58,678
coming from?
1096
00:36:58,684 --> 00:36:59,694
>> AMBINDER: The Secret Service
1097
00:36:59,685 --> 00:37:00,685
keeps pretty close tabs on its
1098
00:37:00,686 --> 00:37:01,686
agents.
1099
00:37:01,687 --> 00:37:02,687
But, look, the nightmare
1100
00:37:02,688 --> 00:37:03,818
scenario exists.
1101
00:37:03,822 --> 00:37:04,762
No one can say that it will
1102
00:37:04,756 --> 00:37:05,756
never happen.
1103
00:37:05,757 --> 00:37:06,887
If you just think about it on a
1104
00:37:06,892 --> 00:37:08,832
basic level, you are allowing a
1105
00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:10,297
bunch of extremely
1106
00:37:10,296 --> 00:37:12,326
highly-trained Americans with
1107
00:37:12,331 --> 00:37:14,031
guns right next to the
1108
00:37:14,032 --> 00:37:16,002
president.
1109
00:37:19,037 --> 00:37:20,467
>> MULLER: If a traitor ever
1110
00:37:20,472 --> 00:37:22,012
infiltrated the Secret Service,
1111
00:37:22,007 --> 00:37:24,437
the worst-case scenario is a
1112
00:37:24,476 --> 00:37:26,646
dead president.
1113
00:37:26,645 --> 00:37:31,045
I hope it never happens.
1114
00:37:31,049 --> 00:37:32,649
>> NARRATOR: Although the notion
1115
00:37:32,651 --> 00:37:34,521
of a Secret Service agent
1116
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,620
turning rogue seems unthinkable,
1117
00:37:37,623 --> 00:37:39,933
some critics believe it is only
1118
00:37:39,925 --> 00:37:42,785
a matter of time before the high
1119
00:37:42,794 --> 00:37:44,934
standards of the agency become
1120
00:37:44,930 --> 00:37:47,370
compromised, especially in an
1121
00:37:47,366 --> 00:37:49,796
age of so-called political
1122
00:37:49,801 --> 00:37:53,641
correctness.
1123
00:37:53,639 --> 00:37:57,509
March 27, 2013.
1124
00:37:57,509 --> 00:37:59,679
11 months after the prostitution
1125
00:37:59,678 --> 00:38:02,408
scandal in Cartagena, Julia
1126
00:38:02,414 --> 00:38:04,654
Pierson, the first female
1127
00:38:04,650 --> 00:38:06,550
director of the United States
1128
00:38:06,552 --> 00:38:08,952
Secret Service, takes the oath
1129
00:38:08,954 --> 00:38:10,664
of office.
1130
00:38:10,656 --> 00:38:11,816
>> AMBINDER: The Secret Service,
1131
00:38:11,823 --> 00:38:12,923
like every other law enforcement
1132
00:38:12,924 --> 00:38:13,934
agency, has adjusted to the
1133
00:38:13,925 --> 00:38:17,695
reality of women who are rising
1134
00:38:17,696 --> 00:38:18,896
in the ranks.
1135
00:38:18,897 --> 00:38:19,927
If you're thinking of this frat
1136
00:38:19,931 --> 00:38:21,071
boy culture within the Secret
1137
00:38:21,066 --> 00:38:23,026
Service, if it does exist now,
1138
00:38:23,068 --> 00:38:25,698
it won't exist in ten years.
1139
00:38:25,704 --> 00:38:27,374
>> BASHAM: The new director is
1140
00:38:27,373 --> 00:38:29,443
taking some steps that is going
1141
00:38:29,441 --> 00:38:32,811
to go a long way in changing the
1142
00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:35,551
attitudes of certain people who
1143
00:38:35,547 --> 00:38:37,417
think that they are above the
1144
00:38:37,449 --> 00:38:39,589
organization or the White House.
1145
00:38:39,585 --> 00:38:41,515
You can't go out and do
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something that's going to
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damage the reputation of a
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organization that I think is one
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of the best law enforcement
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organizations in the world.
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>> NARRATOR: But as witnesses to
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some of the most important
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decision-making moments in
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history, are today's agents
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really willing to take the
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secrets they have been entrusted
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with to their graves?
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Can their honesty and integrity
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really be taken for granted?
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>> SPRIGGS: It's an honor to be
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on the front row seat of history
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when you're assigned to the
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Presidential Protective
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Division.
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You could fill libraries with
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the secrets of the Secret
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Service.
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>> GOLDEN: During campaigns, we
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protect the candidates.
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And my first candidate was Jesse
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Jackson.
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There are things I heard in the
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limousine and interacted with
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him that I would keep private.
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You are sworn to secrecy, no
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matter who it is.
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>> KRISTOL: On Air Force Two,
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for example, there'd be very
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classified briefings, obviously.
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And often there'd be an agent
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who would be privy to such
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information because he'd be
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standing in the room.
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And we never even gave a
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thought, actually, to the fact
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that that would be a problem,
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and it never was.
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>> BASHAM: This is serious
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business.
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It is about the safety and
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security of the United States.
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The Secret Service motto is
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"Worthy of Trust and
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Confidence."
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And it just becomes a part of
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your religion in the
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organization.
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>> NARRATOR: Given the
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ever-changing threats facing
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today's world, the Secret
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Service stands ready to combat
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any sinister plot against the
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White House, the nation and the
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American public.
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>> PIERSON: The challenges for
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protection of the president are
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gonna continue to grow.
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The types of threats against our
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financial infrastructure and
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other core critical
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infrastructure for this country,
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as it becomes more easily
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accessed and maintained by cyber
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networks, are going to be more
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vulnerable than ever.
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So we'll continue to grow and
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adapt and meet each of these
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evolving threats.
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>> NARRATOR: For nearly 150
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years, the United States Secret
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Service has been highly regarded
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as one of the most elite law
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enforcement agencies in the
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world.
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They have quietly stood guard
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everywhere from the gates of the
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White House and top secret
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laboratories to undercover
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field operations and alongside
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the president of the United
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States.
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But what of the future?
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Will the brave men and women of
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the Secret Service continue to
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dedicate their lives in order to
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protect the security of a
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nation?
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And in an age of tell-all books
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and social media, can they
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really be trusted to keep the
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contents of America's Book of
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Secrets to themselves?
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