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

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

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