120A: How the Secret Service develop our Operational Security Plan is not the business of anyone but the Secret Service…..the CIA would not ask, nor would we answer if they did.
When agent posts are selected, the USSS is beyond efficient with manpower utilization. The problem is outside the hard perimeter, not inside the venue…….anyone that double posted agents in an effort to increase security would be sent home.
If the USSS had to brief the core situation: “A hard perimeter has been established one block off the target - we have mitigated the VBIED threat. All access points are secure, the integrity of the venue has been ensured via Technical Security Division and Explosive Ordinance Disposal sweeps, everyone entering the venue will be screened/sterilized via magnetometer and x-ray.”
No one would disrespect another agencies personnel.
The security detail on Maelev would be more than two people – there would be the USSS detail plus the Russians.
121: The inferred point regarding arrivals/departures being the most vulnerable is true – referred to as the “Deadly Diamond”
128: The USSS would not escort Matveyev up the aisle at an event like this……the Detail Leader would get out front and pre-post in the row behind the protectee’s seat, the Assistant Detail Leader would work the protectee to the start of the aisle and they would “pitch and catch”.
130: POTUS never referred to as the President on the radio. All radio traffic is recorded by WHCA (White House Communications Agency) – radio discipline is key. “All posts on Yankee frequency from Command Post, Geronimo moving to the podium”.
131: The CIA is on there own net…..they would not be given access to Secret Service frequency.
135: No hard hat…..for that kind of post: blazer, kaki pants and rubber soled shoes.
radio checks only once during an event; they occur after all the perimeter agents have been posted - hours before the event begins. Radio usage/traffic is kept to a minimum so that critical information can be passed (especially once the protectees arrive)….although multiple frequencies are utilized (one for the inner perimeter {agents closest to the protectee}, one for the middle perimeter {the agents on access control points}, Technical Security, etc) it still becomes cumbersome if people are on the radio for non-critical reasons. do not check agents’ status throughout an event.
“All posts on Yankee frequency from Command Post, standby for radio checks…….Post 212, Command Post…….Command Post, 212, I copy Lima/Charlie (loud and clear)”
137: Again, this would not happen…..if you need to know an agent is down, put an alarm on his radio that activates when it goes too many degrees past vertical.
138: At an event like this, the agents would not move…..all key locations would be pre-posted with static agents……once the Assistant Detail Leader has “pitched” the protectee to the Detail Leader, he/she would move the long way around to the backstage area where they can see the protectee at the podium, but not be seen by the crowd (again, no reason to be heavy inside, if the advance was done well, inside is safe, the problem is outside).
139: If a perimeter agent is going to die – it is their job to die loudly.
142: “Post 212, Command Post…….Post 212, Command Post……Relief Post 108, Command Post - please respond to Post 212, check his status and advise…….All posts on Yankee frequency from Command Post, be advised we have multiple agent duress alarms in the crypt area – all available relief posts please respond and advise….all others maintain your posts and standby for further instructions.”
The Command Post would have NYPD and NYFD representation…..NYPD would be putting a host of assets into play.
143: Again, CIA would not be on Secret Service freq.
147: The nearest agent would be behind President Matveyev.
149A: As indicated, this situation would be complete chaos……the most senior/well trained USSS in the room would be the President’s Detail - this would be muscle memory for them and POTUS would be covered and evacuated (with the potential for a brief hold in a secure location to ensure that the vehicles are ready) fairly quickly…..the tactical team would deploy and support the egress of the President.
179: No mirrors…..Under Vehicle Inspection System……cars drive over system and technicians view undercarriage via computer monitors.
If he has worked there for 3 years WHMO (White House Military Office) would have issued Shnaider a permanent pass…….Viceks would need to be in the access control database and would be issued a temporary/visitors/escort required badge.
181: The West Lobby is where the portico is and the Marines stand……no hand held magnetometers - there are walk thru magnetometers built into the doorframes with lights that indicate to the Uniformed Division officers if there is an issue.
182: Marines are ceremonial – they do not control access or check badges.
184:…….the West Lobby is on the same level as the Oval Office – no need for stairs……if you come in off of West Executive Avenue, you need to move up one flight of stairs to the Oval Office…….there is no portico or Marines on West Exec, just a canopy off the door.
185: Are they walking out of the West Wing, down the colonnade into the Mansion? Not sure what elevator and stairs are being referenced.
187: This scene is confusing to me…..if working your way to the PEOC than need to be in the Mansion……not sure what corridor they are in…..the floors of the Mansion are big/wide……..if the explosion happens in the West Wing, there are other options for reaching the PEOC.
189: Never have weapon in your hand when touching/danger close to the protectee…….one agent would take positive control of the President with his weapon holstered….the other would lead the way.
The Command Post at the White House has a specific name…..lets go with
192: 80 feet is a long way down ……..
195: No elevator needed.
199: The door is sealed from the inside…..someone would need to wait on the other side for it to close.
202: Only the President would refer to the DCI by his first name, and maybe not even him………Winter would definitely call him Director – especially in this situation.
205: They would most certainly use the phonetic alphabet….Zulu……X-ray……Whiskey……….Juliet….Sierra…..Alpha….Tango.
206: No distress signal……die loud.
207: No more Uzi……shoulder weapons are either H&K MP-5s, SR-16s or Shotguns…..mostly MP-5s.
Presidential Protection Division agents are required to wear their bullet proof vests when off the WH grounds…..it is “personal choice” when in the WH – some would most certainly have them on……100% of tactical team members and the Uniformed Division would be wearing Kevlar.
211: No bullet proof glass in the PEOC.
