Inside the Secret Service 'shell game' to hide US presidents in plain sight
But deception of this kind is not unusual."That's very common," said Ronald Kessler, an author who has written extensively on the agency. "Even in DC if we headed to Andrews [Joint Base Andrews - where Air Force One flies from], those two limousines would change position, like under a highway overpass." "But that would happen out of sight of anybody other than those in the motorcade or in that tunnel," he added. "But it is an option that the Secret Service and others in executive protection always have." "When the president travels to war zones, there are frequently tactics and techniques used to create doubt in an adversary of which aircraft or which movement that he's going to make," he added.
- ▪But deception of this kind is not unusual."That's very common," said Ronald Kessler, an author who has written extensively on the agency.
- ▪"Even in DC if we headed to Andrews [Joint Base Andrews - where Air Force One flies from], those two limousines would change position, like under a highway overpass." "But that would happen out of sight of anybody other than those in the mo
- ▪"But it is an option that the Secret Service and others in executive protection always have." "When the president travels to war zones, there are frequently tactics and techniques used to create doubt in an adversary of which aircraft or wh
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Inside the Secret Service 'shell game' to hide US presidents in plain sight<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Watch: Was Donald Trump smuggled out of Air Force One in a catering truck?ByBernd Debusmann JrWhite House reporter Published20 minutes agoOn 8 July, US President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One in plain sight of television cameras as he departed the Nato summit in Turkey.But when the mighty Boeing aircraft left Ankara, the…
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