Former Secret Service Agent Explains How to Protect a President | Tradecraft | WIRED

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Published 2019-11-29

Former Secret Service Agent Jonathan Wackrow, now managing director at Teneo Risk, explains how the Service protects the President and other VIPs. Wackrow details the many steps required to ensure the safety of protectees, and describes how the Service has changed due to changing technology and lessons learned from historical events. Wackrow served in the Presidential Protection Division in Washington, DC, and managed numerous high-level security operations in the U.S. and abroad.

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Former Secret Service Agent Explains How to Protect a President | Tradecraft | WIRED

All Comments (21)

@kabiro2151 4 years ago

If they are telling us this, they got better plans.
@abdulsoleh7131 4 years ago

You know that secret service monitoring this comment section, so make sure to say hi to them.
@coloradodrives7784 3 years ago

And he's just talking about the agents you can see.
@bobbimorse8460 3 years ago

I’m guessing like a million white house officials watched this video before letting wired release it.
@kupertroopertv31 4 years ago

Imagine dating this man's daughter
@thhunter 4 years ago

He looks like your accountant, but he carries a machine gun.
@felixchinde2209 3 years ago

Why not fly a plane that doesn’t have “IM THE PRESIDENT” written on it
@girolamoesposito6131 3 years ago

I like how much pride there's in his words.
@jobic4207 4 years ago

To everyone saying they shouldn’t openly be discussing this, most of this is relatively basic and self-explanatory. Theory is one thing, training and experience are another.
@kuldimanas 4 years ago

Secret service in 1963: - The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math.
@minmaj7837 3 years ago

Any president gets attacked. Secret agent service: well its an another lesson.
@edannegrin1345 4 years ago

Before I watched this: I’m in a bathroom After watching this: I can exit by flushing myself, through the tiny window? There are 7 toilet paper rolls, 3 bars of soap, 1 set of scissors, 4 razor blades, 1 trimmer, 9 bandaids, 1 plunger.
@misterwango8156 4 years ago

The calm way they removed that women's arm was smooth and amazing.
@sneakeasy5664 4 years ago

Now I will never lose a game of protect the president
@Vaaty11 3 years ago

He's like a pro player of reverse Hitman.
@zxmoore1 8 months ago

Thank you for your service. Doesn’t matter if your a democrat, republican, or independent, I expect and know we will have the same high quality protection our president deserves.
@Classified302 4 years ago

The secret service is fascinating I could listen to this for hours
@justicewarrior9187 4 years ago

He made a swear for life that he would never tell any details about his job so this is probably very light stuff
@itsmelive 3 years ago

Imagine on instinct "making yourself big" like a goalie but you're facing gunfire instead of a soccer ball.
@stillhere95 3 years ago

Hearing him say, "here, here and here" is so satisfying 😅