According to ronald kessler author of in the president s secret service agents started to escort some white house staff members following the september 11 attacks at the behest of george w.
Secret service agent white house roof.
President donald trump was abruptly escorted by a u s.
Capitol police or dhs federal protective service and is in charge of protecting the physical white house grounds and foreign diplomatic missions in the washington d c.
As a thriller writer i ve taken readers into the private quarters of the first family the hidden staircase and secret door that the president can take up to the top floor and even the secret tunnel that runs below the white house it s really a bomb shelter though it doesn t lead out to the washington monument like in the movie dave.
The secret service says.
Established in 1922 as the white house police this organization was fully integrated into.
Extensive measures are used to protect the white house as the official residence executive residence and office space of the president of the united states and grounds security is primarily provided by the united states secret service since the september 11 attacks the restricted airspace above the white house has been expanded and better enforced.
The secret service won t say how many agents there are.
I take people inside the white house.
The secret service uniformed division is a security police similar to the u s.
He returned minutes.
They carry semiautomatic pistols shotguns and machine guns.
On the white house roof teams of snipers keep watch.
A secret service agent takes up position on the roof of the white house as another talks to donald trump before he leaves a press conference.
The true extent of the protection at the white house has never been and shouldn t ever be released to the public.