US Secret Service - Obama Presidency Oral History

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Samantha Tubman

...do that.” At that point, there was no Secret Service , no security, so she was coming off o...
...remember, again, not having security or Secret Service . We would go look in his room, and w...
...of it. I think at first, before he got Secret Service , you were excited to see him up place...
... But at that point, the Clintons had Secret Service , so they were there protecting them. ...
...But then, I think someone said they saw Secret Service , so that's when we kind of knew tha...

...working with the press agent from Secret Service to ensure their safety, too; because w...
...that stuff, so you're coordinating with Secret Service on their schedule and all of that. W...
...parade route, but it was great. Seeing Secret Service , and everything that they do to ensur...
...in the Residence and had an usher or Secret Service escort me over to the East Wing...
...needed to be put back down, vacuumed. Secret Service had to sweep and make sure nothing wa...
...do you need to turn over the house? Secret Service , how much time do you need? Then, o...
...our guest list. That needs to go to Secret Service . You had to submit date of births, al...
...this was the Residence staff, it was Secret Service . They were a little hesitant to tel...
...then, of course, Pete Souza and all the Secret Service . The president would stop in the Gree...
...the Residence staff party—and I think Secret Service came to that—they would do photos fo...
...with the Residence staff and with Secret Service and everyone who we coordinated with...
...So while we're staffing this event, Secret Service is calling and saying, “I have an Ushe...
...a Comms representative, and her Secret Service folks. So I was still able to work ver...

Katie McCormick Lelyveld

...that point. So while they traveled with Secret Service , they weren't surrounded by pres...
...got a space, the staff has a space, the Secret Service has a space, and the reporters have ...

Eric Waldo

...there are these trolleys set up for us; Secret Service has now blocked Lake Shore Drive. And ...
...And we'd still make them go through— Secret Service was there, so they'd pat them down, an...

Tyler Lechtenberg

...get in the motorcade, you get out. The Secret Service has blocked off the street. And whe...

Debra Eschmeyer

...We had all these prep meetings with the Secret Service . It was one of the most educationa...
...I was standing there talking to Secret Service . All the girls were asleep in thei...
...do we need to do?” All of a sudden the Secret Service looks at me, and he's like, “It's g...
...a tomato plant in the line of sight of Secret Service , so you had to be very thoughtfu...
...movement around the White House and Secret Service , and you'd have to pass the Ova...

Joanna Rosholm

...press office, but obviously there was a Secret Service element to things that was just what i...
...kind of blind, not really knowing—which Secret Service never loves not knowing either [laughs...
...literally ducking behind oranges with Secret Service [laughs] in the produce section in ...
...going to make a noise [laughs] . Even Secret Service was giggling. It was so funny. I...
...back to that story. But I found them. Secret Service actually down the hall does this poin...

...need, and all those sort of things. And Secret Service and lots of folks on those pre-advanc...

Alan Fitts

...I was also the interface between Secret Service and her, so if there were changes w...
...side, and then it was just me and a Secret Service agent from the first lady's side. W...
...attempts to bug our hotel rooms. Our Secret Service officers, when they landed, one of th...
...and her staff took to the United States Secret Service training center, and I'm not sure i...
...our teams were extremely deferential to Secret Service , because I think we all had a sense o...

...and collegial relationship with the Secret Service . That being said, they see and hea...
...a car in two years because she'd had Secret Service protection, had not been behind th...
...line, they will actually stick a couple Secret Service agents six feet back in the crowd, an...
...I do think that their relationship with Secret Service was pretty special. They were youn...
...enough when it all started, and the Secret Service picked the right people, who were abl...
...I think they developed a rapport with Secret Service that actually really worked. I think a...
...the last time, the general rule is that Secret Service changes over quite frequently, and par...
...building between a protectee and their Secret Service . Towards the beginning—it was tha...
...were due to roll off, and in normal Secret Service , when you're not talking about ...
...The girls were attached to their Secret Service agents. They'd been part of this hug...
...going to want to date you when you have Secret Service hanging around you all the time, an...
...first families getting into trouble. Secret Service was there. They're not there to judg...
...a question on you, not a question on Secret Service . Their job is not to stop you doin...
...they could go to a party without the Secret Service guy there, but they also kind o...
...could go skiing. So I went with another Secret Service agent, and we looked at a coupl...
...a protectee himself, had noticed the Secret Service , and figured out who it was, and the...
...down from their residence, and the Secret Service person who was standing there, as I ca...
...I mean, she lived there, but she had no Secret Service protection. She did not use vehicles o...
...they create relationships with their Secret Service officers and some of the people wh...
...had luckily gotten word already from Secret Service that they were safe at their hotel, an...

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