Top 10 Secrets The Secret Service Doesn’t Want You To Know - TREND NOW
Top 10 Secrets The Secret Service Doesn’t Want You To Know
TREND NOW The clue is in the name the secret service this squad of elite agents assigned with the task of protecting the President of the United States doesn't give much away luckily we've put our best people on the case and we found out what's really going on let's dig deep into a world of dark glasses inscrutable expressions and tech that would make James Bond salivate here are our top 10 secrets the Secret Service doesn't want you to know a bad thing.
Number 10
secret offices on H Street in Washington DC there's a dull looking 9 story tan bricked unnamed building it's so indistinctive you could walk right past it and not even know it's there what is this anonymous building it's the headquarters of The Secret Service no one knows much about what's inside but it's thought there are many armories and a joint operation center however most of the Secret Service's work is done at the White House probably the most protected building on earth for example there are anti-aircraft missiles under the front lawn biometric recognition software controlling access to doors and a fully equipped doomsday bunker for the president to hide in when really bad stuff goes down the White House is designed like an onion with layers of Defense its outer perimeter is guarded by special agents and highly trained canine squads within that there's the middle ring we're told by the emergency response team finally the inner ring guarded by agents whose sole job is to protect the president it's thought there are 100 agents working at the White House at any one time although the official Number is classified
Number 9
secret Arsenal as you'd expect The Secret Service has the latest in cutting-edge weaponry at their disposal when you're dealing with people who want to harm the president you have to get the job done first time a priority for the Secret Service is limiting collateral damage during a shootout the current submachine gun of choice is the p90 it's compact well designed and can easily be hidden inside a suit it uses custom ammunition designed to stay in the targets body rather than exit it which would potentially injure bystanders the traditional uniform of the Secret Service is the dark suit reflect sunglasses and an earpiece but why a suit gives the agent a serious businesslike look but still it's more accessible in public friendly than combat gear you can conceal weapons in a suit easily and the sunglasses protect them against liquid being thrown at them and also mean there won't be dazzled by the Sun when scanning the area for threats the most important part of the uniform however is the earpiece aliens are being directed by a supervisor in a control center at all times making sure they're always in the right place at the right time
Number 8
not just the president while protecting the president is the Secret Service's priority they don't just protect him the first lady the vice president the rest of the first family and all former presidents all receive official protection presidential candidates get their own Secret Service squad while they're running for office this became policy after Robert Kennedy was assassinated while on the campaign trail in 1968 when the president appears anywhere you can guarantee there will be a large crowd and the Secret Service have a duty to protect them too they neutralize all threats so anyone traveling to see the president can feel safe that's why they used a custom ammunition we talked about earlier finally the Secret Service protects designated survivors at big political events like the State of the Union if say a bomb went off and everyone died you still need someone to carry on running the country one member of the cabinet is picked and they don't attend the event instead they're taken to a secure location by the Secret Service such as Mount weather in Virginia and protected until the event has finished
Number 7
they're stuck to the present when you're guarding the president you have to go wherever they go literally even when the president goes to the bathroom there's an armed agent in there with him Ronald Reagan's agents even sat in on his prostate examinations a Secret Service monitor everything the president eats they watch his food being prepared making sure he never eats anything he shouldn't even if he's pictured ordering food in a takeaway to show that he's down with normal people it's likely he won't be able to eat what he ordered when the president appears at public events plainclothes Secret Service agents will be in the crowd ready to spring into action at a seconds notice if anything strange happens there will also be agents at the front and back of the president at all times agents call this part of the working the rope is the most unpredictable part of the job as you never know exactly who is in the crowd and what might be on their mind agents say is the most stressful part of their job where they really earn their money
Number 6
brains over brawn they don't call these guys special agents for nothing Secret Service agents used to be primarily recruited from the military but nowadays they go for brains over brawn to become a special agent is a massively competitive process and you must fulfill strict selection criteria you need amazing school grades a clean criminal record and near-perfect vision you'll go through rigorous psychological assessments including a lie-detector test if you used illegal drugs after the age of 23 you're automatically disqualified from the process during training you'll learn how to neutralize attackers you'll learn the right pressure points to hit if you want to take someone down you'll learn the right wrist joints to attack with your special martial arts training you'll even learn the special move to employ in a crowd situation and on the president's belt ready to pull them out of harm's way even when you've landed the job you never stopped training plus you're not allowed to drink alcohol within 10 hours prior to your shift you can't protect the president with a hangover
Number 5
no sworn oath contrary to what they tell you in Hollywood movies Secret Service agents do not swear an oath to lay down their life for the president however they're trained to protect the president at all times and if that involves taking a bullet so be it during their training agents have fake bullets fired at them so they know what it feels like to be hit and overcome the natural instinct of flinch in 1981 President Ronald Reagan was the victim of an assassination attempt in Washington while the shots were being fired special agent Jerry Parr reacted quickly enough to cover the president then push him into his waiting car agent Timothy McCarthy also acted quickly to become a human shield taking a bullet to the stomach to protect the president Reagan was also hit by bullets but not fatally if par McCarthy had reacted a split second later or if they had flinched from the gunfire it could have been a different story
Number 4
advanced recon as we heard earlier the hardest part of the Secret Service's job is protecting the president when there events with large crowds as a result all events are planned to the smallest detail and everything they can do to minimize the possibility of an attack is done for example before the president's inauguration ceremony every inch that the president will travel is meticulously scoured mail boxes are taken away and manhole covers are welded shut so no one can place a bomb underground they even remove the door knobs from rooms overlooking the roof so no one can set up a snipers position the Secret Service will position their own snipers on roofs around the route it's even harder when the president has to make an unscheduled visit to a natural disaster site such as after a hurricane or flood in this case they try to get the president in and out as quickly as possible usually using the presidential helicopter Marine one more about that later
Number 3
transport secrets we've all seen the presidential motorcade the seemingly endless parade of black stretch limos but there's only one president what is going on there a motorcade consists of up to 30 vehicles there's the lead car traveling five minutes ahead to clear the way there are several Secret Service cars armed to the teeth with agents there's a communications car at the back also containing a military aid and a doctor in the middle there is stagecoach containing the president however there are also identical decoy cars so no one can know for sure which one he is in since 9/11 there's also a car called the barrage jammer it jams cellphone reception in the area so would-be terrorists can't communicate it also makes detonating remote bombs a lot harder for air travel nothing's more secure than Marine one the presidential helicopter it has a range of 580 miles and a top speed of 183 miles per hour to help it fly through storms and into disaster zones with zero visibility it said the marine one has added secretive tech called ladar ladar consists of laser beams that create a 3d map of the area around the helicopter ladar can also detect chemical and biological poisons in the air keeping the president safe at all times
Number 2
they know where you are if you're interested in the president it's safe to say the Secret Service is intra you for example agents maintain a database of inks working with ink manufacturers to keep it up-to-date if the president receives a threatening letter agents can identify the ink deducing which country or state the letter was sent from when the president is traveling in the motorcade there's a car filming the crowd if someone does anything they shouldn't like throw something at the motorcade they will easily be identified on the video The Secret Service uses numerous code names for the people they protect making it harder for outsiders to tracked who they're talking about president Trump's code name is mogul milania's is muse Barack Obama's is renegade Richard Nixon's code name was searchlight which is pretty ironic seeing as he's famous for orchestrating a cover-up
Number 1
they're able wingman it seems when you're the leader of the free world you automatically become extremely attractive to the opposite sex helpfully the Secret Service often acts as wingman for their charges protecting them from their wives as well as bullets after President Lyndon Johnson was caught by his wife entertaining a young lady in the Oval Office The Secret Service installed an emergency buzzer system if mrs. Johnson was nearby an agent would press the buzzer and LBJ would quickly get rid of his guests Bill Clinton was another famously extramarital president to make sure his wife Hillary never walked in on him while he was up to no good his Secret Service team would coordinate with Hillary's agents even today one of Bill's lady friends has her own Secret Service code name she's known as energizer presumably because she keeps bill full of life plus she keeps on going and going and going what secret did you find the most enlightening
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